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6. Temu, eBay, AliExpress, etc.

Sun May 4, 2025, 03:48 AM

May 4

Last edited Sun May 4, 2025, 04:39 AM - Edit history (1)

All ship from China.

Going to get constipated - the supply chain I mean.
People will stop buying and the paperwork needed on any incoming items will just grind things to a halt.

Not just the cheap trinkets either, recognised US brands have their factories in China.
Every laptop maker, printer maker has their manufacturing presence in China - think Apple phones, Dell laptops and Hewett-Packard printers are made in the US of A?

But give it a decade or two and I'm sure the local production of sneakers and garlic presses will be there to satisfy demand.
But the US prices won't be to anyone's liking.
Nor the quality. Startups will always have problems with quality control, no matter what country they are in.

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