and let us not forget, american companies give the specs to the chinese companies who follow the sheet and use what they are told to use to manufacture what they were told.
And there's the rub: they're not always using what's on the bill of materials/build sheet. So that's the point: inferior/substandard substances, that cost less than what's called for, have been substituted in. When poison Chinese pet food was sold in the U.S., American distributors certainly weren't aware that people's beloved pets would die after ingesting it. Course, when a similar substance made its way into Chinese baby formula, they walked some of the offending execs to the wall and sent the bill for the bullets to their families, I suspect. As long as people don't cry too much about it, I have no problem with lining up the corporate executives who had anything to do with the funky drywall or lead painted toys.
when things are cheap, ugly, or toxic and say they are "made in china," dont forget that it was an american product the whole way through. its the labour that made it appealing, not the materials.
Not necessarily. If it's just an American company putting its brand on an item, it is not an "American product the whole way" by any means. And quite often, products made in China get subsidies from the government that American made goods do not/cannot get. I worked for a company that made engineered steel products. Not only did a Chinese competitor copy some of our designs, they also had a price advantage on materials, because the Chinese government helped them to purchase steel on the open market at a subsidized/discounted price. We petitioned the Bush administration for assistance and did get to take part in a congressional hearing. But Bush and his boys largely turned a blind eye to American companies that asked his people to file cases against China with the World Trade Organization. Their mandate that non-Chinese owned companies MUST export certain goods made in China is a violation in itself.
oh and expect years more of anti-chinese bs. chinas coming up and growing stronger everyday. its americas job to convince us they are evil.
I do not believe that the Chinese (as a people) are any more, or less, evil than we are. But China is controlled by a communist government which oversees a vast
managed economy. While it is simply a fact that they employ trade practices which violate the law and various treaties, I wouldn't say that they are evil. Since ancient times, it has been the case that
might makes right. And right now, they're pretty damn mighty. But evil? No. What I'm saying is that we've allowed ourselves to grow too weak to deal with them when they push the envelope or cross the line. That's the shameful part that bothers me.
I must give Obama credit for at least filing the cases that the Bush administration would not. But my fear is that it's just for show (for the unions here). IMO, it's too little too late.
