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> imported as a sapling, planted in the USA for 20 years, then milled in the USA, then worked into a table by USA craftsmen But that's not a good analogy to wh
by pdonis 5y ago
> imported as a sapling, planted in the USA for 20 years, then milled in the USA, then worked into a table by USA craftsmen
But that's not a good analogy to what is being complained of in this case. What is being complained of in this case would be more analogous to a tree that was raised from sapling on in a foreign country, cut down, milled, and worked into pieces of a table in that foreign country, then a US company imported the pieces of the table, assembled them into a table, and labeled it "Product of the USA". Still ok to you?
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- stickfigure 5y agoParent's point is that it's a spectrum. What if the log was imported but it was milled and worked into a table in the US? What if it came in as milled lumber but was cut+worked into a table in the US? "Made in the USA" is fuzzy. Huber banjos are "hand crafted in Tennessee" but the mahogany sure didn't grow there (or anywhere else in the USA).
- mc32 5y agoSounds like “assembled in… from foreign components” or in this case “butchered in… from foreign cattle”
- ynks366 5y agoI own a box fan that is labeled "Made in the USA from imported parts". I guess it was cheaper to ship flat