Quote Originally Posted by dwalker460 View Post
Irving is right, but actually let me take it further-

China actually has less and less incentive to sell things here, and many products that were "Made in China" are no longer being shipped to the US. Why? Because with thier population they really dont need to export anything.
Last time I was in China there was a business show on examining why Chinese top name brands- shoes, bikes, electronics- are not being exported to the US or other countries. The answer from each company representative was there was no incentive to do so. They do not have to pay shipping, import taxes, etc. on their goods by selling in country and they have far less hassle with advertising and branding.
Chinese top brands aren't sold here because the manufacturers can simply make our brands for us. We still import tons of Chinese goods under American brands. I know, I buy them every day. Also, pretty much every second tier electronics company is a Chinese brand. I'd say the market for export goods is pretty much saturated, given the number of empy factories that have closed in the last few years. The growing China middle class gives them a new market. However, shut down the export business and the middle class goes away.

Lastly, I wouldn't trust the quality of a Chinese brand that didn't go through a Western company's QC before the customer got to it. I've seen too much crap to trust a Chinese manufacturer.