Pretorian
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The EU & World Trade Org are to blame.
In freeing up world trade the WTO made it so that anything will find its cheapest location to be manufactured & the EU were allowed to set up tax barriers to protect companies who made the same articles. Over time the EU producers of goods (esp UK) had state subsidies removed & so the only thing stopping goods flooding in from China was customs tax .
EU manufacturers then started setting up joint companies with the Chinese having EU names made in China.
The Chinese then just set up 100% Chinese companies & copied the joint co.s., but cutting out the EU people.
So once technology & know - how was transfered the only limiting factor was cost of production. The main cost in the EU is labour & none of us will volunteer for a wage cut. In China the main cost is raw materials. These are roughly the same the world over.
Consequently it is impossible to manufacture anything in China which is more expensive than here in the EU.
This is particularly the case in items where the raw materials are cheap (such as plastic toys) &/or the labour element is high (such as electronics)...
Your industries have been destroyed by your Tory govt selling off state assets & removing any help to industry. This wouldnt have been a problem but you okes were the ONLY country to do this! The rest of the world just pretended.
The biggest state supporter of industry is the USA, that is why goods (esp foodstuffs) are so cheap there. For every ton of maize grown in the USA the Commerce & Agriculture Depts pay the farmer 50% of the final price he receives, thus he is subsidised to the extent of 50%.
In South Africa we have the same problem. Our wages are 1/4 of yours & we have millions of day workers queuing up for a days work for roughly the price of 2 tins of beer, a loaf of bread & some old pork leg. Even so we are suffering in a similar manner with most of the stuff you pick up in Edgars (equiv to debenhams) having 'Made in China' on it. if WE cant compete you okes have no chance! |
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Jude
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Cheap labour. |
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Pepper
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Most things are made else-where because labor is cheaper! |
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pattycake
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Cheap workers, and the fact that americans love cheaper prices, and will still buy the products even if they are not made in america. |
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legendofthew
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Our manufacturing industry shipped itself to China so it could ship its goods back in return for cheaper and to turn a bigger profit. |
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♥JAMIE♥
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Not everything is but the cheaper stuff is. interesting question good job |
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Paul G
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Don't buy things made in China - it just funds the oppression in Tibet!!!!! |
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peonies76
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Britain- both the government and people failed to support is manufacturers during times of change and need. We are now paying the price. Buy British whereever possible. |
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R S C
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all part of china's plan to take over the world |
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hondanut
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cheap labour,that is why we have no manufacturing base in the UK any more..example..i purchased a pr of Reebok trainers for £20..(originally £65)...if they pay the man in china £2 a pr..x100000 Pr's +transportation costs of say..£1000(be generous but you will get the idea)cost to Reebok £201,000..they now sell them at £20 a pr(x100000) =£2000000 minus the original..£201000 =£1799000..yeah ok you have wages and other overheads..but this is just on ONE TYPE OF TRAINERS..but £1799000 isn't a bad profit before overheads on one type or design of trainer is it?? the figures are hypothetical..but you get the drift... |
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Dirtydog
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You would never know it was manufactured by cheap labor by looking at the price..and if you notice the quality isn't there...but if china stops shipping to the USA WalMart will have to shut its doors.. |
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Mistajohn
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That's not true. |
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sheila c
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It is far cheaper to make things in china. We cannot compete with it in this country, because of the wages difference. If we could make it cheaper our manufacturing would not be in such a decline. |
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onin90
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1.3 billion people, all looking for work... It's the same reason a lot of our technical work is being done in India too. So many people need to feed their families, and if that means working for a couple bucks a day, it's better than nothing... Kind of the same way most of our (US) farming is done by Mexicans... It sucks, but would you really pay $150 for a Barbie doll? |
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mjdp
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A lot of the European traditional jobs are going to all parts of Asia including India. North America has this problem too and you can add in Mexico and Puerto Rico. All for the almighty dollar or Euro |
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scallywag
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Labour is extremely cheap in China + there are various govt subsidies by the Chinese govt to encourage their manufacturers to export or rather flood the world market. |
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creaking
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i personally never had a manufacturing industry and am grateful that some skilled entrepreneurs in china were able to supply me with the range of affordable goods that i could not make for myself |
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BIG D
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Harveys Sussex Ale is made in Lewes in East .
Its all the better for it.
Cheers |
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rr63perez
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Were you made in China...duh....I wasn't made in China..my Ford Expedition was not made in China...not EVERYTHING is made in China....goofy....can't you come up with something better than that!!! |
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Dick s
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It's not true, I have three kids and believe me, they weren't made in china. |
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Emma B
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Unless it is made it Taiwan, yes!! |
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Joe
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I do not ask myself that question anymore. Because I have come to realize China is like America in the early 1900's (you know really rich and powerful). China's money days will be over too, just like ours is. Now I just try to admire and learn from their amazing success. |
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timone
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money saver for the fat cats |
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BrokenRomeo
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Cheap labor |
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SuzeY
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Isn't it terrible? My kids were asking me where some of their toys were made so they could see the country on the map. Every toy I picked up was made in China! I presume the reason is that they have a large, extremely cheap labor market that does good work. Even if our labor market was equally qualified, no one here will work for $3 a day.
I think manufacturing is pretty much lost in this country, unless it's highly technical and specialized. That's progress, I guess. |
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waplambadoobatawhopbamboo
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because they are willing to work harder than we are |
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