Posted on 12/31/2021 2:06:20 PM PST by BenLurkin
Government officials in China slammed Walmart and its wholesale chain Sam’s Club on Friday, accusing the retailers of “stupidity” after they reportedly pulled items sourced in Xinjiang province from stores in the country.
Chinese media outlets claimed local Sam’s Club customer-service reps said the products are out of stock – an explanation that government officials slammed as a “self-deceptive excuse.”
The retailers have yet to comment on why they may have pulled their products, but earlier this month, Congress passed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans imports from Xinjiang unless businesses prove products were not made through forced labor.
China’s anti-corruption agency ripped the retailers after a viral backlash against them on Chinese social-media platforms. Local news reports and users on the Twitter-like site Weibo claimed items originating from Xinjiang had been removed from Walmart and Sam’s Club’s outlets in China.
Walmart operated 423 brick-and-mortar stores in China as of October, according to the company’s Web site. Of that total, 36 are Sam’s Club stores.
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But didn’t they try to convince us in 2020 that the Rona came “in” to China in frozen food and other packages? Seems like WM and Sams is only doing due diligence.
The global business equivalent of, “You’re a meanie!”
I swear, they’re children. They don’t get their way or if they feel even a little offended, they pitch a fit, wailing like toddlers and swinging their arms. It’s pitiful. They think that, as Commies, they’re so superior, and yet they follow up with behavior like this.
They act like Democrats.
Well, what-da-ya-know...
For the first time since Billy was Arkansas AG (after China inserted cash into his AG campaign), Wall Mart is pushing back a little, against the Billy forced trade architecture -
Give companies 90 days to stop buying from China.
I’ve noticed lately that Sam’s seems to be carrying more products NOT made in China, which has made me very happy.
I check sources these days and have passed up a number of items made in China, and found what I needed from a source somewhere else.
There is the occasional thing that there’s just no choice on, but by and large, if it’s made in China, it’s not coming home with me.
What worries me is the parts needed to run businesses. Semi-conductors for one? Anthing that would make us rely on them. They already are buying up land here.
I know.
I am also trying to by old fashioned mechanical devices. Mr. mm had to search to fine a chain saw that did not have a computer chip in it. He did find one, but this is just ridiculous.
I don’t know what can be done about China buying up land.
I’m inclined to think that foreign entities should not be able to own land in the US. Only U S citizens should have that privilege.
This is good news. House Democrats had blocked the anti-slave labor measure since the Senate passed it in July.
America is different than other countries. I always considered America a ‘safe’ place.
Can U S citizens buy land China?
In other countries? Probably limited to how much it helps that country.
I’ve noticed lately that Sam’s seems to be carrying more products NOT made in China, which has made me very happy.”
I don’t shop at Sam’s, but Dollar Tree has a surprising number of items sourced from the free world.
(Although not so many made in USA).
I also try to avoid stuff made in Pakistan.
Other than that, it’s ok.
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