Saturday, January 23, 2021
BUSINESS - Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Merged Company
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
POLITICS - Tariffs Based On Labor Input (BOLI)
Thursday, January 7, 2021
BUSINESS - Car Combo
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
BUSINESS - By US. Buy U.S.
The U.S. government will certify two labels - the gold label "Manufactured By Us. Buy U.S." and the silver label "Assembled By Us. Buy U.S.". The manufacturers can only put those labels only in products that are either manufactured or assembled in the U.S., using American labor force. These products can cost more than say, made-in-China products. Some manufacturers will make only "By Us. Buy U.S." products to distinguish theirs from the low-cost importing competitors. Some manufacturers will straddle, and have made-in-China products at a lower price for the general population, and have limited quantities of "By Us. Buy U.S." of the same product at a higher price. For example, Apple can have most of their iPhone made in Asia, and builds a smaller manufacturing factory in the U.S. that makes the same iPhones. The "By Us. Buy U.S." phones will have a distinctive color that the regular iPhones do not have, thus giving their owners a special status of either a patriot, or one that supports the American workers, or one who has money. If you are a celebrity, which iPhone will you use?
Besides the certification, the U.S. government will need to have programs to counter counterfeits.