New World Trade Center's Chinese Glass Is Adding to Trade Furor

The Washington Post ^ | 10 Oct 2009 | Peter Whoriskey

[BGHater]

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[Wiz]

Buy American! Jobs for Americans!

[Gaffer]

That phrase carries with it an exclusion for me: Non-Union American Made.

[quesney]

Does America make anything anymore, besides financial bubbles, hot air and hype?

[RebelTXRose]

To rebuild on THAT SITE, it should be a NO BRAINER that SUPPLIERS and LABOR be USA companies ONLY!

[BGHater]

Yes, but because we are so efficient, we don't require as many 'jobs' to do it.

The U.S.A. Is Still the World's Largest Manufacturer

[bornred]

The new World Trade Center, now under construction, is often considered a symbol of American enterprise.

i.e. bogged down for 8 years by idiot lawyers, politicians, and unions.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

The Empire State Building was constructed in 410 days, start to finish. What will it take to get America moving again?

[hinckley buzzard]

The new World Trade Center, now under construction, is often considered a symbol of American enterprise

It's taken years to get going, having been hung up in politics and bureaucracy, and now it's dependent on glass from communist china. Yep, I'd say that about sums up "American enterprise" in the age of Obama. At least he didn't nationalize the glass factories.

[eclecticEel]

In that case, wouldn't it need to be renamed from the "World Trade Center" to something like the "American Made Center"? Little Joke

[hinckley buzzard]

great minds, etc...

[Erik Latranyi]

To rebuild on THAT SITE, it should be a NO BRAINER that SUPPLIERS and LABOR be USA companies ONLY!

It is being built on a different site. The memorial is being built on the original site.

[mysterio]

That phrase carries with it an exclusion for me: Non-Union American Made.

Please. Like even a non-union worker in the states works for 36 cents an hour / no benefits / no pollution control / no OSHA / lives in the factory.

Not even a non-union shop can compete with the BS working conditions in China.

[BGHater]

Yeah, your right. I’m still in awe at how fast they built The Pentagon.

[Gaffer]

I agree, but the non-union exemption still holds. I’ll support unions when you can tell me where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.

[AGreatPer]

We made the samples for our bid (PPG) here in Carlisle, PA.
Our product was far superior. Prices were similar contrary to what is reported.

[mysterio]

I live in a small town, and we've lost at least four non-union plants in the past five years.

Unions have very little to do with it these days.

[Gaffer]

I support non-union manufacturing - will buy from them before anyone else. Regardless, I’ll bet you a dollar to a dime, this glass thing with the new tower(s) is union prompted. In which case, they can suck it.

[Happyinmygarden]

“We made the samples for our bid (PPG) here in Carlisle, PA. Our product was far superior. Prices were similar contrary to what is reported.”

What a shame that your company didn’t get the contract. I think about the great pride your company and the members of your community would have long had when seeing the final product built and inhabited.

It is possible that this will play out many, many times in the future, in view of the fact that China is now our banker and that fact carries with it enormous power.

When all is said and done, it would be interesting to find out if the final payments made for the glass really do tally up to less than what your company bid. I doubt it will be less, but no one will ever be able to really find out.

[BikerJoe]

I’ll support unions when you can tell me where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.

I heard he left the business and went into another line work, concrete. He's mostly in overpasses and on-ramps.