Parkson Cheng, manager of Trap Rain feels that Taiwan's labor-intensive industry is in a pinch. There is pressure from the outside for the NT dollar to appreciate and for quota limits. On the inside there is the problem of wage increases and labor shortages. Under these kinds of conditions "there are only two roads to take--automation or relocating factories abroad."
Trap Rain 針織廠廠長鄭裕耀則認為，台灣的勞力密集工業正處於「剪刀效益」，外有台幣升值壓力、配額限制，內有工資上漲、勞工缺乏問題，兩刃並下，「只有走自動化生產或將工廠移到國外兩條路。」