Is London Olympic Uniform Made In China Advantageous To The United States?

It is reported that CNN published an article written by Daniel J. Ikenson, saying that members of the United States who do not know trade should shut up. "

In fact, it is good for the United States.

Here are his essays:

Everyone said that patriotism became the last refuge of the rascal.

In fact, 86% of the American people disapprove of the performance of Congress. These American politicians seeking refuge recently opened fire on the "made in China" Olympic uniform.

Senate majority leader Reed is the most intense.

He said, "I think the Olympic Committee of the United States should be ashamed of themselves.

I think they should take back all their uniforms, pile them up and burn them up and start over. "

To prevent such a recurrence in the future, 6 Democratic senators plan to propose "2012 us" next week.

The American manufacturing act, which calls for the United States.

The uniform worn by the team must be made in the United States from head to toe.

Under the pressure of all parties, the Olympic Committee of the United States said that the Olympic uniform used for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games will be made in the United States.

Perhaps in the election year, Congress criticized the "made in China" politically easily to get the political bonus, and finally "detonate" the incident.

But what makes people more worried is that these bitter congressional leaders lack knowledge of basic economic and trade realities.

Trade is not competition between our producers and their producers.

In fact, American companies can benefit from the division of labor with foreign companies: in the light of the advantages of different countries, the whole production process can be divided into a number of links. Just as trade can make American consumers enjoy low end products, globalization can enable us producers to profit from low cost resources in the production system.

A typical production and supply chain of consumer goods includes high-end and low-end links. Clothing production is a good example. High value prenatal processes such as design and postnatal processes such as warehousing, pportation and sales are carried out in the United States.

The rest include low-end links in production and assembly abroad.

Ultimately, the ultimate product is the result of the concerted efforts of all parties. The vast majority of the value of the product is owned by American companies, workers and shareholders.

So I don't know what made in China.

At what point do the uniforms go against the United States? Nearly half of the clothing worn by Americans is produced in China. Apart from a few exceptions, we hardly cut and sewn clothes now, but the design, location and sale of clothes are all carried out in the United States.

Can Ralph Lauren, a sponsor of the US Olympic team uniform, sign a contract with us factories instead of using Chinese factories to produce Olympic uniforms? Maybe, but the cost will be high. Private sponsors are limited by budgets, so it is hard to do so.

In addition, it is ridiculous to think that producing hundreds of Olympic uniform in the United States can solve the problem of state employment.

Maybe he can create several jobs in a few weeks, but that's all.

If you do not believe that our policy makers are foolish enough to oppose the "made in China" approach, let us think about this: when our athletes wear the "made in China" uniform at the Olympic venues and waving the "made in China" American flag around the running road, it is very likely that Chinese athletes arrive in London on American made planes. These athletes used the equipment designed by the United States to train and use American technology to perfect their skills.

Therefore, to a large extent, our cooperation with China is more competitive than that of competition.

Although the politicians are alarmed by "made in China", such a division of labor and cooperation is essentially beneficial to the American consumers and the American economy.

Trade is not a winning proposition. These politicians should retreat from it and let competition start in a fair arena.