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Does “Made In America” Still Matter To Consumers?

Posted by M. C. on July 22, 2023

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/does-made-america-still-matter-consumers

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BY TYLER DURDEN

Do American citizens care where their products come from? Well, it depends on who you ask.

Over the past few decades, the importance of “Made in America” – labels on products indicating production was done in the U.S. – has ebbed and flowed.

As China has grown into the United States’ economic rival and geopolitical adversary, the distinction between American-made and Chinese-made has resurfaced, even as some products have been mislabeled or locally produced but Chinese-owned.

How do people currently feel? This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Avery Koop, uses survey responses from May 2023 out of Morning Consult, in which a representative sample of 1,000 U.S. adults were questioned on whether they had favorable views of products from U.S. companies using American or Chinese labor and parts.

Who Prefers American-Made?

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