11mo ago

The U.S. is cracking down on cheap Chinese goods loved by American shoppers

www.nbcnews.com

https://web.archive.org/web/20240927193833/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-cracking-cheap-chinese-goods-temu-shein-rcna171605

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I'm pretty sure nobody loves cheap Chinese goods. It's more people love to be able to afford eating, having a roof over their head, and maybe some shitty, but cheap, headphones.
- Hello, fellow citizen! Nice to see you. Are you well? How is the wife/husband/partner/thruple/keyboard today? Ha. Ha. 😶
- Yeah and also, sometimes it's really hard to find NMIC products.
I wasn’t aware there were alternatives not made in china.
Does this mean fewer duplicate white label items?
- If anything it means the duplicate white label items will be harder to spot
- Why underpay and exploit labor in China when you can also underpay and exploit labor here, too, and pay more for the privilege?
- Alternatively you could buy from a dollar store where it's 12 times the price but in a smaller package so it seems cheaper.
Protectionism in the "land of free market" (irony)
- There’s probably a degree of protectionism going on but these platforms sell unsafe products
  
  these platforms sell unsafe products
  Which is something that can, and often does happen in unregulated free markets. The invisible hand is not necessarily very good at things like consumer protection, among other things.
  
  If that was the issue, they'd take steps to ensure safety, ask for certifications, etc. rather than more tariffs and lower "de minimis" exemption. Clearly these decisions are made for economic reasons, not to ensure higher quality products and protect consumers.
Fine, we'll get a bidet! TP is just way too expensive now.
- get it on temu while you still can
  
  The horror.
Although chinese goods are famous for crappy short lifespan products but in the end we loved it because no one in this god green earth (except china) can make something cheaper & sell it at ridiculously cheaper....only china can do that thing.
I say this not to mean I am defending them, I hate that many products on the market today seem cheap because they flood the market with very cheap stuff. Yes... even though in the end we as consumers find it difficult to distinguish which goods are premium and which are crap.
We should learn from them, if they can do it, why can't we?
"Cracking down" is among the worst newpaper propaganda phrases.
It's meaningless and it implicitly justifies the "cracker".
- I’m curious what definition of “cracker” are you using?

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