Only 1 item. It was for a need and I could not find one not made in China.

As for wants…0. If I can not find a non made in China item, I don’t want it.

Have you looked around your home to see what is marked “Made in China”?

It’s a global economy and has been for sometime. It is hard to get around it. You should be more concerned about the US politicians and US “news” channels who praise the communist leaders.

Last month, and to my surprise, it was reported that Mexico is now the largest import supplier into the U.S., and closely behind Mexico is Canada.

So, that toaster you think is made in China may now come from Mexico.

With increased political tensions between the U.S. and China, U.S. manufacturers are leaving China in droves. And if China invades Taiwan and it’s chip manufacturing, I have no doubt that the U.S. will impose stiff tariffs while closing those Chinese tax loopholes that will no longer make Temu and Shein appealing to consumers.

TEMU recently announced a major change in their delivery of goods ordered. They stated that items would be shipped from the vendor & not consolidated into a “TEMU order.” I believe this is a huge mistake on their part, both in the actual delivery and on price increases–plus the possible addition of shipping costs and time-to-delivery. It will certainly be much more difficult for consumers to track the receipt of individual items on orders. Ordering from TEMU has been pretty successful for me, however, since the recent announcement I am no longer going to be placing orders from them.

I still rely on Amazon and find that Walmart, Amazon, Chewy, etc are using AI to keep their pricing homogenized. You used to be able to price-shop online, but that’s becoming less & less effective. The only hope you have is that other vendors offer discounted or free shipping to give you any hope of a better price.

Consumer cost is now EVERYTHING.

Agreed.

I also heard, that this new bill will allow Congress to go after Temu and Shein in order to push back on their low ball pricing that could ultimately kill jobs in the U.S.

From solar panels to general goods…If the U.S. loses too many jobs because of directly sold cheap Chinese products, the U.S. economy will suffer.

*** The downfall of Etsy ***
Etsy is infested with cheap overseas products. Not only is this a problem for the American crafter, but now Etsy makes very little profit from cheap selling goods. Another issue is fraud….There are overseas Sellers on Etsy who sell wedding rings for $125.00 with claims that their jewelry is make from gold and sapphires. Chinese dropshippers are everywhere on Etsy.

*** Morgan Stanley ***
This past week, investment firm Morgan Stanley upgraded Ebay while downgrading Etsy. They say that Etsy’s growth is slowing while Etsy spends more on advertising.

***Ebay sells Luxury***
Ebay is now making good money from selling Luxury, while Etsy allows fraudulent cheaply made overseas products to infest it’s website. Etsy, for sure, is competing with Temu and Shein.