[ASTM366]

LETS TELL THE CHICOMS TO TURN AROUND EVERY DAMN SHIP THAT IS DELIVERING GOODS FROM THEIR COUNTRY TO OURS.

WE'LL SEE HOW LONG THEY LAST.

WE DON'T NEED THEIR PRODUCTS. PERIOD.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Stopping the ships may not be enough -- as if Wal-Mart, et al. would allow us to do that.

The Chi-coms' leading home appliance manufacturer, Haier, a super-large State-owned enterprise (SOE) has opened Haier America including a factory in Camden, S.C. Haier is a major supplier to Wal-Mart and other major retailers. I have not googled much about the factory so I don't know how it can be competitive without offshoring to China. :)

China's economic reforms ("You want to do business in China? Give us your technology") made it all possible for Haier to become one of the world's biggest, plus its tough CEO. Liebherr, a German appliance maker provided the initial technology in the 1980s. Gee, I wonder what their sales are like in China today?

Haier Group's CEO Zhang Ruimin is a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee and Communist Party member since 1976.