We need a foolproof way to determine if an item advertised online is manufactured in or shipped from China.
For the second time this month, I've ordered an item online after doing what I thought was due diligence to avoid buying Chinese-manufactured or Chinese-shipped goods. One ad actually said the item (seeds) were coming from Australia.
Nope, they both came via "China Post".
This is something I think would be an appropriate use of government assistance.
A product may be assembled somewhere other than China but still contain CCP parts. Logitech trackballs used to use high quality Japanese made microswitches for the left and right click buttons, now they use cheap Chinese knock offs. How could I know that without examining ever product in minute detail. Yep, the federal government sure did fuck us all over pretty hard while giving the store to China.
Yup. New exploitable phrases: "designed in the U.S." and "assembled in the U.S."
Don't trust ANYTHING from China, especially seeds or food products.
Or toys that tear up in 3 days ! (Dollar General crap ) .
I have run into the same problem. Companies blatantly lie about sourcing...
Long term solution is to bring manufacturing back the the US. That cannot happen soon enough in my opinion. I will gladly pay extra for any and all products produced domestically.
I agree we need some way to identify all consumer goods clearly. No more distributed by or manufactured by, just a clear, concise made in label with serious ramifications for lying. You can search all day when it says distributed by and never get to the bottom of anything. As a result, we only by the products and food that declares themselves clearly. In addition, if food is from Australia, Canada, Italy, or any country being overrun for years by the ccp, we know not to trust it. It's disappointing, but if you're really tuned in it just narrows the choices quickly.
Hong Kong is a logistics hub, among other things. Products from Thailand, Vietnam and Australia that don't have enough volume to warehouse inside the US will often ship warehouse in Hong Kong and ship via China Post, which means they are taking advantage of Chinese subsidies despite not being Chinese products. Kind of like folks that load their USPS "if it fits it ships" boxes with bricks to build something in a very rural zone. Not that there isn't deception, but just one way that it might actually be from Australia originally.