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Another good reason to buy local produce and demand to know country of origin/manufacture before buying things... vote with your wallet.

• gpm 6y ago
  That might be possible with tomatoes, that you buy in stores. Frustratingly it's basically impossible with everything bought online these days. Trying to figure out whether, say, a hdmi cord sold on Amazon came from Taiwan or China is practically impossible.
  • maxwell 6y ago
    Hence the need for the U.S. to adopt country of origin requirements for ecommerce like India. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must-state-country-of-origin-says-centre/article32166176.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/e-commerce-sites-must...
    • actuator 6y ago
      Certainly seems like a pro consumer move but has there been any impact of this on sales of these products. Consumers will buy something that gives them good value at a cheap price. For a lot of products it is not even the cost factor, like mechanical keyboards. Somehow the best ones are either brands from there itself like Varmilo or made there like Leopold.
      • gpm 6y ago
        I certainly know people who buy based on location, but I don't know if it's a large enough portion of the market to matter.