The economy rests on sugar, tourism, textiles and apparel, and financial services, and is expanding into fish processing, information and communications technology, and hospitality and property development.

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To "ease the transition, " China has reportedly put in place a plan to tax its own exports of textiles and apparel after global trade liberalization begins on Jan. 1.

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The analysis predicts lower-tech manufacturing like textiles and apparel will stay overseas, while more complex products, like electronics and automobiles, might be more likely to be made in the United States.

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