jfarsang wrote:
What do you mean 'someday' ?
Importation of Chinese products (almost everything you wear/use) has been in North America for decades.
It's not shocking or new.
Many large North American (canadian and American) manufacturers and companies outsource their production, materials, skill to China and Asia.
I buy NA whenever I can but to say that it will be the downfall of our economy is comical since our economy is tightly interwoven with theirs.
The other funny thing is when some people talk about products coming from China or 'Chinese made', they imply that everything is cheap or poor quality.
This is far from the truth. While many things are made substandard or cheap, the same is said for many things made with higher standards than NA and not being cheap.
Had a good laugh for the morning. Thanks fellas
Of course, this importation has been around for decades, and yes we have a very interdependent relationship in so much as companies can have a source of cheap labor and the Chinese have an export market.
This does not not mean that the Chinese play by the rules in any respect. They only do so when it is to their advantage. It also does not make it right to not support your OWN PEOPLE'S JOBS!
As for Chinese stuff being all cheap, certainly it is not. The Chinese Government realizes that it even faces competition for cheap labor, and the fact the they want to raise the living standards of hundreds of millions more Chinese, is driving them to seek the high-end manufacturing market. Of course, much of it is built using stolen intellectual property. But, the Chinese ability to make high-quality products at a reduced cost is only possible because they have a large pool of educated people that can be hired at lesser cost. I could hire ten Chinese engineers for the price of one here. But, do you think that the average North American family could make it on that salary?
The thing is that inflation is rising in China and will drive Chinese costs up, but even if costs in China go up, North American's would still be more expensive.
One challenge they have is brand name recognition; Chinese companies now own major bands in Europe and America. It is not just car brands also, they own major fashion brands and others now also.
I would also like to interject a point here; as even the high tech manufacturing processes are shipped out to China, we may face the day when we have no ability to start making them here if we needed to. Where are the newest, most advanced microchip factories? That's correct, China. We have nothing anywhere near like them in North America. And it is not just computer products. Feel like they have us by the tail? Who is your master?
If China finds it necessary to put restrictions on who can now work in China and how things are made there, then maybe it would be wise for us to look at polices like that also. If it is good for the Chinese, it is good for us. But, of course, the Chinese do not see it that way.
If companies here did not have to compete with low cost Chinese goods, then maybe it would be cost effective to build them here.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that the Chinese only seem to be interested in raw materials and export markets. This is an increasing perception in the world at large. When the Chinese are doing projects like making deep water ports in Kenya or running roads in Asia, they never seem to use local labor, they always bring in Chinese teams. They also have the habit of not really caring who is in charge of a government and what they are doing to the local people. Notice that they support repressive governments under the guise of "not interfering in other countries internal matters". If you are going to be a global power, then who have certain responsibilities. But, given how they treat anyone in China who questions them, this fits.
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