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Mark Anderson

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Even better, read the label on something you already bought and is
in your house. It's not just WalMart that sells outsourced products.

WalMart built their business model around this concept and drastically
increased importation from China, so much so they import more from China
than entire countries. If WalMart were a country they'd be something
like China's 6th largest export partner. WalMart invaded every area of
the country driving out its competition. They dealt with suppliers
similarly. If suppliers couldn't beat the falsely lower price of
Chinese made goods, the US supplier went out of business. WalMart being
so big has that much influence on its suppliers. One by one medium to
smaller manufacturers just shut their doors because they couldn't
compete with imported goods from China.

The imported goods from China aren't necessarily cheaper though. China
manipulates their currency to make sure their goods sell cheaper in our
markets.

Strategically China wants to weaken our manufacturing capability and
they couldn't have done so without the help of WalMart. Every other
company sells Chinese goods as well but none have the market power of
WalMart -- which built itself with the help of China.