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RangerJosey@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Even at 100% tariff the Chinese products will still be cheaper than American made. And often of higher quality.

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Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
American can still afford it. it is a tax on Americans anyway, not china.

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GorGor@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Higher quality? Not likely. Actually available Id give you. We don’t have the equipment to make a lot of the stuff china can make. If we can make it, its probably on newer machines with better tolerances. This is a sweeping generality of course but so is the contrary claim.

Ive been to manufacturing sites in china, Ive outsourced sub-assemblies. They have a lot of capabilities. The US still (for now) has more sophistication/infrastructure. Given proper controls, Chinese manufacturers can match our quality for cheaper, it is a lot of work though.

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- BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  China is no longer only the manufacturer of cheap Chinese replicas. It’s really split into two categories now: low quality and high quality. What’s impressive is that in both they manage to mass produce on a very large scale.
  
  Look at their rail equipment, medical equipment, robotics, ship building, marine engineering equipment, agricultural machinery and of course EVs. All high-end products that match or beat the western competition.
  
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- ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s those controls that make it expensive.
  
  And what immediately undercuts the original seller. As the “junk” ones still are out there, and the mfg wants to make something off them, so they “oops” them into a counterfeit for half the price.
  
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