We think of Walmart as ultra-American, but its business relationship with China has fundamentally changed how American retail operates.  In this episode, how one retailer helped turn China into the world’s factory, eventually becoming the single largest U.S. importer of Chinese consumer goods.  Guest: Eileen Otis, Associate Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University and author of Walmart: Made in China  Support shows like Throughline with NPR+. Sign up today at<a href="http://plus.npr.org"target="_blank" > plus.npr.org</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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