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Originally Posted by Fbone
Walmart does this. I saw a report on how they do it. Basically, they tell the vendor that they will no longer sell their product unless they lower the wholesale price. The vendor can't afford to lose their largest account so they lower the prices often by closing their US factories and moving production to Asia. I'm sure other retailers do the same.
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Consumers are not willing to pay more for "Made in the US". The US has fewer than 400 million people and how many would like to work on an assembly line? Components are being made in Asia already -- by Asian manufacturers. Manufacturers don't have any choice but to locate their factories elsewhere. Besides, what is wrong with lifting 3rd world countries out of poverty through investments? Many American companies don't want the hassle of manufacturing and rather outsource.