Just about eveything I own is Chinese.
It's the cheapest stuff out there.
And if you are shopping online, it's not always so easy to find out where products are made.
But I believe there are Chinese people who are thanking God everyday for their jobs, even if it pays less than $1.00 per hour.
It is a life line to them.
So here we are , caught in the middle, what do we do?
Buy American?
Where is American?
What is American?
Most components in American products all come from China, so you pay more for what?
We are fast becoming a one world economy and I have no idea how that works.
Malaysia, South America, Mexico, Phillippines, India, Ethiopia, England, Germany, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and of course the biggie Japan all produce consumer goods.
Lots of clothing is cut and assembled in South America. Phillippines and India also do some as well. Cotton is grown in Brazil.
Indonesia tends to have the volatile chemistry production facilities. (Those plants explode a lot)
Lightbulbs are made in the Czech Republic.
Japan makes a lot of electronic consumer goods... from cars to AV equipment.
Spain is known for being the leading supplier for Olive Oil.
Mexico and Canada both make various petroleum products. Canada makes plastics, rubber and turpentine from pine trees(lots of forestry production)... Mexico makes most everything else that gets refined from petroleum. Like liquid candle oil, fertilizers, vitamins, paint, pigments and fuels.
Ethiopia has mines...lots of natural resources. From emeralds to uranium.
English steel is still heralded...they make some of the finest precision steel products out there. From high performance racing engine components to valves at the local toilet paper plant. Probably your anti-lock braking system in your automobile was made there. Not sure anymore if they are...they were at one time.
So...lots of stuff out there from all around the world.
Just so those down under don't feel left out...
Wool, lamb, and kiwifruit definitely comes from New Zealand and wines out of Australia are getting pricier every year. (I'm thinking that they also have a rather robust glass and plexiglass industry.)