The brand-name clothes we wear may be ordered from New York, but the raw materials used to make them could come from US, African, or Australian farms; the sewing machines used to assemble them might be Japanese or German; and the assembly itself is more likely to take place in the Philippines, mainland China, or El Salvador before the clothes finally make their way to store shelves in Taiwan.
這句話在今天不僅仍舊切合，而且第一次具備了全球的意義；比如我們身上穿的衣服，品牌與訂單可能出自美國紐約，原料來自美國、非洲或澳洲的農場，機器來自日本或德國，而生產卻是在菲律賓、中國大陸或薩爾瓦多進行，最後才運到台灣銷售。