WHY is EVERYTHING made in China???? Why does'nt the USA do something about it and give our country JOBS!?!?!?

America decided to give China "most favoured nation" status in the 1990s. That meant giving China better deals for import export trades than any other (in term of loest import dues etc).

Info here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_favoured_nation

The basic idea was that America would sell weapons and sensitive military technology to China, and in return buy all the cheap junk China produces, undercutting US producers.

President Bush had personal economic interests in a lot of arms producers, I wonder if that had anything to do with it? Or am I too cynical???

The US consumers went for the cheap stuff from China because.... well, because it was cheap. Now China is full of factories producing goods at an amazing rate, everywhere in the world buys from them and, oh what as surprise, every country in the world is in the deepest economic crisis with the worst unemployment anyone can remeber, except China.

So now the Chinese have the strongest and fastest growing economy in the world and all the military technology too. They will be the world's next super power once Obama has finished running America into the grund completely and completed the process of alienating all America's old allies, which he thinks are no longer important. I reckon it is only going to take about 15 years for China to overtake America on the world stage, maybe even less.

Simple answer- because China subsidizes everything as a communist country.

Workers housing: Subsidized (average $8 per month)

Workers food: Subsidized

Workers education- K through college: Subsidized

Workers health care: Free

Workers transportation: Subsidized (300kmh high speed rail and busses with wifi are EVERYWHERE)

This is how Chinese citizens can work for less than 1/3 of what American workers need to be paid (just to barely survive) and still show up for work - housed, fed, transported, educated and healthy.

How much would you need hourly if your rent was only $8 a month?

But if you tried that in the US you would be called 'Socialist'. Look how hard they are fighting against simple health care?

And then there are company perks.

Company wants to start a new factory? Easy low cost Chinese government loans.

New technology idea? China subsidizes the development.

For example: China has spent over 100 times the amount of money in renewable energy technology development than the US - and are now running 100's of factories developing renewable energy goods.

Meanwhile our petroleum, natural gas and coal interests are still fighting like hell to keep renewable energy in a deep dark pit in the US.

So the US will continue this fake 'patriotic capitalism' bit while the Chinese continue to kick us to the curb.

we don't make these products because china makes them for a lot less. we would have to pay the people working way below the minimum wage which isn't cool here, but normal in China. Now, though, Thailand is charging less to make more, so it might end up like the new China. Basically, we can't afford to make things as cheap as China can because the people who would make those things wouldn't be payed enough.

The Chinese now hold so much foreign currency, including US dollars, that the nations of the world have to listen to what they say. Right now they are close to having everybody over a barrel, because they have not borrowed money like other nations.

The situation has to level out in the long term because China is poor in natural resources, but if you charge them more for raw materials the cost of the goods will rise ...

Because Chinese workers have no union. They don't demand payrise and benefits all the time. They don't ask for fat pensions like those CEOs in the western countries. Chinese workers focus on doing great job, not demanding comfort and extreme safety like leather chairs in the factory floors.

More, they don't strike or sue their employers for minor injuries like USA, where "no win no fee" lawyers are obsessive at attacking companies.

Actually first you should ask why USA Govt. let people import Chinese products. Because of few reasons,

- one is when some one import anything, govt. gets import duty, Govt runs with this tax and duties.

- Secondly due to WTO membership, USA must let people import goods from any country.

- Finally chinese products are cheap and no matter how the Govt. Tries, they cannot stop Chinese products from entering into USA.

It is cheaper for businesses to get cheap labor in china

Becuase we can buy stuff really cheap from china instead of building lots of factories in the US . I know, I hate it too, but the election in almost here.

answer mine plase? Easy ten points?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201111...

Because it is way cheaper and easier for businesses to make a profit .

Greed.