Made in China

A clip from the film 'Outsourced' on the issue of american sentiment re losing jobs to india that also addresses all the things we buy that are made in china. We want cheap stuff, however, most of it comes from china. Can't have it both ways...

Category:

Education

Tags:

• american
• china
• collapse
• economic
• economy
• india
• jobs
• Outsourcing
• u.s.
• walmart

[morgnstrn]

The only way we can fight this is to stop buying these products made in other countries,you show your support for this kind of "free trade" every time you shop at a chinese outlet store (now pretty much any big store) I remember going to "Buy-Mart"around july 4th,there was a large selection of american flags and flag novelty decorations for sale,ALL MADE IN CHINA, I asked the maneger if they had any American flags that werent made in comunist china,He looked at the ground and said NO ashamed.

[peacerebelgirl]

it's laughable - american patriotism with flags made in china! i agree, we must stop buying goods made in china, as much as possible. boycott walmart!

[vrz07]

Its dooms day. If 95% trade is done in india and china then unemployment is gonna go through the roof. Us uk and europe are going to pay an extremly seious peoblem on its pulic f.

[archelonprime]

When America's average tariff is TWO percent, it isn't hard to see why so much stuff is made outside of America. But the insanely low tariff is only one of a number of problems with our trade policy. Even China's tariffs aren't this low!

"Free trade" my ass!

[mattybock]

@fdoca at walmart i saw a bangali t-shirt probably made in a sweatshop for nine dollars.

Union shirt supply company has American made shirt made with American grown cotton for six-fifty.

There are alternatives, you just have to look.

[fdoca]

THANK U CHINA !!, wthout China we can't buy nothing, 350% american price mark up, thief ??

No, i buy Chinese, many people don't even know we can not survive without Chinese goods, 5 billion+ ppl rely on Chinese goods, just in case u don't know

[CHUUMPASS]

this chick is effin sweet, for the 200 bucks more i`d have her sent with the order :D

[MrJoelb019]

EVERY VID THAT HAS THE WORD CHINA IN IT IM GOING TO SAY EVERY FUCKING THING IS MADE IN FUCKING CHINA!

[Varoonmg]

@PatriotsRepublic The fixed currency of China is also another major problem because it artificially makes them more competitive leading to market inefficiency

& don't be naive, manufacturers do care about their public image but exploited workers committing suicide didn't stop anyone from buying the new ipad & most of the manufacturing having been outsourced, the only products locally made are much too expensive for anyone to afford

Adopting a contemptuous tone does not make your point valid

[Varoonmg]

@PatriotsRepublic Had you spent some time looking up things you'd know that Chinese workers are becoming more and more expensive, because of demands made by them to be paid a decent salary and work in better living conditions...That's a normal and expected thing to happen, BUT china being a one party state and trade unions being officially banned, such changes are taking place at much slower than expected rate...

The money IS there, but not going to the needy and working population

[Varoonmg]

@PatriotsRepublic When a state refuses to import goods made in countries where children are being exploited or forbids its firms from investing in countries where their outsourced firms are making workers toil in conditions that breach Intenational Labour Laws, then that's tangible but non physical force...

If you were a little bit familiar with semantics you'd actually know that a word can have different meanings depending on its use...Why make so much fuss about it?

[PatriotsRepublic]

@Varoonmg I didn't misread... I read your wording precisely. Your terminology is semantically advocating force. Look up "pressure" in the dictionary.... don't bother, I'll do it for you: Pressure: a force that compels... I can read just fine... I think you are either playing fancy free with semantics or you just don't understand English. Pressuring them to pay a minimum wage is the same as forcing them to pay a minimum wage. How about you just stop buying anything made in China. Problem solved!