Boycott products from China?

Question

With a recall rate of 60%, higher than any other manufacturing country, shouldn't we start a proactive process of personal boycotting of their products?

Once my grandaughters bibs were recalled due to lead content, I started my own boycot and found that life can be lived without their substandard products!!!

Answer 1

I think they are going to start labeling items according to where they came from.

Answer 2

Then what would you buy? Every hardware around here
stocks junk from China...80% of Wal-Mart is China stock..

You have a good idea if you get about 350 million Americans
to go without for a while...not likely since there's no resolve
of that magnitude in this country.....the sweat shops win again!

Answer 3

We need to bring back the tariffs that Reagan destroyed. The corporations will always go as far as the rules will let them so we need to change them. If corporations want to build things in China etc. that is fine but if they want to bring that stuff back here it will cost them to the point that they will have to keep the factory here if they want to sell to the number one consumers in the world. It is time to turn these billionaires into millionaires again and show some real trickle down. I read a story about Rubbermaid and how they did not want to move overseas but Wal-Mart told them what their stuff was worth and would not be able to sell in the store if they did not take the prices. Some would say good for Wal-Mart for setting lower prices but look at farmers that are controlled by their distributors so they have to hire illegal workers to make a profit not because Americans won`t do those jobs. It is time to turn "We the Corporation" back to "We the People"

Answer 4

China if flooding this Country with substandard products and I do not buy anything with a stamp MADE IN CHINA--most of it is just plain old junk.

Answer 5

You may be on to something. The poisoned pet food was alarming but now comes the poisoned toothpaste. Whether they are doing it or not, it does appear that Chinese exports are not safe. Many people have taken the attitude that the US does not need pure food and drug laws any more, that product safety laws are just liberal interference with business, and that the marketplace will correct these problems as they arise. As the poisoned pet food and poisoned toothpaste problems show, the laws are still needed unless one is willing to become a statistic--with a dead cat or dog, or poisoned from brushing your teeth. Enough. Buy American.

Answer 6

I am already not buying anything from China because I don't want to end up like the cats and dogs.

Answer 7

Mrs----it's WAY past time. And I completely agree that the tariffs on Chinese imports need to be reinstated; otherwise, corporations selling this junk will continue to import potentially dangerous products, knowing that (with all the profit they make) they can afford to settle whatever lawsuits may arise.
I also would like conscientious Americans to boycott Walmart, the main peddler of cheap Chinese trash.

Answer 8

It's practably impossible. If the fda would do thier job we would not have any food problems. for other things clinton signed the bill for the fair trades act.& now we are swamped with all types of cheap goods.75% of every thing you buy comes from chinia & other countries. without these our economy would really suffer look at your clothes,shoes cars, bicycles,tools & much more.

Answer 9

why don't we boycott products from every country and keep american jobs in america. the truth is there are good manufacturers and bad ones you'll only hurt the good ones. and yes i am unemployed due to outsourcing so boycott whirlpool products

Answer 10

Check out this book on this very subject.
A family attempted to go "China Free" and chronicled their experience.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/06/living_without.php

As for the comment about Wal-Mart, I can remember when they were all about "Made in America" but now that they are as prevalent as Starbucks you are hard pressed to find that label now.