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Americans discovering the real reason why things are made in China

cjk2 2y ago
One of the many reasons. The biggest reason the last place I worked at that did manufacturing was that there were import tariffs on components but not assemblies so they just built the assemblies in China.
- piyushpr134 2y ago
  Wow: Import tariffs on components and not on assemblies sounds like corruption to me. No policy maker can be this incompetent
  - cjk2 2y ago
    It's not corruption. It's naive legislation written by idiots and complex HS code manipulation.
  - DevKoala 2y ago
    Biden’s revisions https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...
    - cjk2 2y ago
      I'm not in the US. There are other countries with this problem :)
sgt 2y ago
How would complaining about this be received in China? I guess you have very few rights.
- piyushpr134 2y ago
  It won't come this far. First of all the website itself won't be allowed to be hosted. Moreover, the person would most likely be dead or in one of the reeducation camps for a long time. Most of the chinese large tech companies are funded by Chinese govt so complaining against them is like complaining against the govt or the party.
  - sgt 2y ago
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    - piyushpr134 2y ago
      USA doesn't support China. It needs it because it increases the profit of megacos and saves them the hassle of dealing with litigious populace at home.
raverbashing 2y ago
Hey it's just a discarded rocket first stage with hypergolic propellant, no need to worry if it falls on a population center.
langsoul-com 2y ago
Or third world countries in general. As sexy as made in home country sounds, modern day manufacturing is truly deadly. Look at the chemical exposure Samsung treats their workers to. It happened in south Korea, but that's an other country, so it didn't matter. But it also happened in Canada, now it's news.
- piyushpr134 2y ago
  yups. Not to mention the amount of environmental damage such things do. For instance, all the rare earth metals have huge open air mines with of all kinds of acid & arsenic poisoning which is used during leeching & refining process
- hinkley 2y ago
  But is it better if my lifestyle kills foreigners instead of fellow citizens?

cjk2 2y ago

One of the many reasons. The biggest reason the last place I worked at that did manufacturing was that there were import tariffs on components but not assemblies so they just built the assemblies in China.

piyushpr134 2y ago
Wow: Import tariffs on components and not on assemblies sounds like corruption to me. No policy maker can be this incompetent
- cjk2 2y ago
  It's not corruption. It's naive legislation written by idiots and complex HS code manipulation.
- DevKoala 2y ago
  Biden’s revisions https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/14/fact-sheet-president-biden-takes-action-to-protect-american-workers-and-businesses-from-chinas-unfair-trade-practices/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...
  - cjk2 2y ago
    I'm not in the US. There are other countries with this problem :)

sgt 2y ago

How would complaining about this be received in China? I guess you have very few rights.

piyushpr134 2y ago
It won't come this far. First of all the website itself won't be allowed to be hosted. Moreover, the person would most likely be dead or in one of the reeducation camps for a long time. Most of the chinese large tech companies are funded by Chinese govt so complaining against them is like complaining against the govt or the party.
- sgt 2y ago
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  - piyushpr134 2y ago
    USA doesn't support China. It needs it because it increases the profit of megacos and saves them the hassle of dealing with litigious populace at home.

raverbashing 2y ago

Hey it's just a discarded rocket first stage with hypergolic propellant, no need to worry if it falls on a population center.

langsoul-com 2y ago

Or third world countries in general. As sexy as made in home country sounds, modern day manufacturing is truly deadly. Look at the chemical exposure Samsung treats their workers to. It happened in south Korea, but that's an other country, so it didn't matter. But it also happened in Canada, now it's news.

piyushpr134 2y ago
yups. Not to mention the amount of environmental damage such things do. For instance, all the rare earth metals have huge open air mines with of all kinds of acid & arsenic poisoning which is used during leeching & refining process
hinkley 2y ago
But is it better if my lifestyle kills foreigners instead of fellow citizens?