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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    This does not make sense. Let's start again. Bring US business back to the US.
    I think the outcome would be the same . The cost of relocating back to the US , to produce products that can be made cheaper in China , would be difficult to do . Maybe not impossible ..........you'd be saving on freight costs by making and selling domestically - but in the global market you'd be competing with China on price . Someone in the supply chain would have to take a cut in margins , to make this viable. The big mistake was letting the work go offshore in the first place. In Australia , we face a similar problem ......but there has been a growing trend towards Australian made - what makes that more viable , is that it involves direct sales through websites and online marketing , which cuts out the retail sector completely .....in the US , the Wallmarts and Home Depot chains (etc) are almost totally geared to cheap Chinese imports , which makes your equation very difficult to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ransom View Post
    It's less sketchy than your wing it without a link supposition and guesswork.
    I don't think so . Anyone who can google , can find a link to agree with their opinions in under 5 minutes flat . It makes a mockery of your obsession with links . Only time will prove any of us correct or incorrect , whether you like it or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PJL View Post
    I think the outcome would be the same . The cost of relocating back to the US , to produce products that can be made cheaper in China , would be difficult to do . Maybe not impossible ..........you'd be saving on freight costs by making and selling domestically - but in the global market you'd be competing with China on price . Someone in the supply chain would have to take a cut in margins , to make this viable. The big mistake was letting the work go offshore in the first place. In Australia , we face a similar problem ......but there has been a growing trend towards Australian made - what makes that more viable , is that it involves direct sales through websites and online marketing , which cuts out the retail sector completely .....in the US , the Wallmarts and Home Depot chains (etc) are almost totally geared to cheap Chinese imports , which makes your equation very difficult to do.
    china is loosing its cheap labor more and more as workers demand more pay.

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/...ryId=127303822


    as wages rise in China along with oil prices and the Chinese government is forced to cut their sub they pay company in certain areas to make their products cheaper the gap closes . they have a advantage of cheap labor but also put out many cheap substandard products. things will catch up with them. just as it did with Japan.


    sorry but the online sales industry is huge and wall mart sells products from the entire world as home depot is doing


    Today, Walmart is today hosting its Open Call looking for new products with a Shark Tank-like event. Some 450 businesses are pitching products with the goal of being sold at Walmart and Sam's Club stores. Nearly all the products pitched will be being featured on Walmart.com as part of the program. "It’s just another way we can give our customers great products while also supporting our commitment to purchase an additional $250 billion in products that support American jobs," a Walmart spokesman said in an emailed response to Truth in Advertising.


    clearly pjl you are misinformed and not knowledgeable about the real world.
    many Items made in china can be made here in the USA or other places such as Africa and south America where wages are lower for cheaper items, and Id love to see the USA government and private business finance that and invest in it .

    if enough effort was applied they could be on their knees , but thats not what we want . fair trade fair tariffs and a more balanced amount of trade not subsided by the Chinese government . trump sees the danger of the Chinese and has taken steps to control it .

    your nation is far to small to fight back has a small population no real industry of any size to influence global markets , it lacks the money to truly expand and is well on the way to being a slave on their knees to china gobbling up the scraps left over .

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    Quote Originally Posted by PJL View Post
    I don't think so . Anyone who can google , can find a link to agree with their opinions in under 5 minutes flat . It makes a mockery of your obsession with links . Only time will prove any of us correct or incorrect , whether you like it or not.
    The link I offered speaks to Chinese capabilities to handle this health crisis. And mentions that amateurs like us shouldn't suppose and guess on this issue as you've done here.

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    70,000 infected and 1775 dead in china at least thats the number they admit to , china has a history of lying about the facts concerning numbers infected and dead in other outbreaks to protect their markets and to save face

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