"It was never the euro"

Em linha com o que pensámos e escrevemos neste blogue há muitos anos o problema que nos atingiu no final dos anos 90 e se prolongou até quase 2008 não foi o euro, foi a China:

"Gaia works with a furniture factory that has been in operation for more than 40 years. Sergio Aguilar who owns it, says Mexico's furniture industry was plunged into crisis when China entered the World Trade Organisation in 2001.
"China really hit us," he says. "The competition between China and Mexico has been really tough.""

Nós estávamos no mesmo campeonato em que a China entrou, mesmo com escudo seria impossível resistir com estas diferenças:

Trecho retirado de "Mexico's new furniture revolutionaries"