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#PRC: Made in China Disguised. Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, :@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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#PRC: Made in China Disguised.
Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, :@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/us-take-steps-curb-low-value-chinese-shipments-under-800-de-minimis-exemption-2024-09-13/

1960 Shanghai

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0:00.0

This is

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this is CBS I in the world. I'm John Bess with my colleague and friend Gordon Chang at

0:09.9

Gordon G Chang. Tariffs. The language is used routinely now in political contests, but its

0:17.3

technical language having to do with right now a battle with the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, and their

0:26.2

predation in Asia and their plans to be predation around the world. This is an aggressive culture that uses all tools, the whole

0:36.5

society against its adversaries. One of those tools is cheating. Cheating on the rules of the road.

0:45.0

The WTO has watched this and done nothing for many decades.

0:49.0

However, there is an attempt now by the US at least initially to deal with the Chinese

0:56.9

aggression and one way is to control imports. We welcome, Gordon Jack and I welcome Alan Tonelson, our guide on manufacturing.

1:06.5

This is the other side of manufacturing.

1:08.3

Build it up, but control the Chinese aggression.

1:11.8

Alan, a very good day to you.

1:13.2

I tell a story.

1:14.7

Recently purchasing for the household a piece of furniture.

1:19.7

It arrived in an elaborate box package. And I was anxious at first because I thought I'd been

1:25.0

careful where it was made and I looked around the box and there quite clearly in big print,

1:31.8

made in Vietnam and my first reaction was to relax a high it's

1:36.2

working off soaring or friend soaring or moving it to what used to be an enemy now

1:42.4

is seen as a friend.

1:43.6

However, I hesitated then.

1:45.6

Wait a minute.

1:46.6

How do you know who owned the factory?

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