"Made In America" Sneakers Are Also Getting Worse.

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< p > New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. is owned by the former marathon athlete Davies (Jim Davis) and his wife Ann (Ann). It is the only sportsman manufacturer who still has factories in the United States.

About 1/4 of the new sneakers sold in the United States come from these factories and the rest come from imports.

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< p > the company still produces sports shoes in the United States, though that means less profits.

The new US company's flexibility, plus its turnover time calculated by day rather than week, has offset some of the cost, says Xin Bai Lun.

But competitors are striving to cancel tariffs on imported running shoes, which is part of a larger trade agreement, which will ultimately be detrimental to the new shoe strategy in the US.

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DeMartini DeMartini, the chief executive of the Boston company, said that the rapid reduction of existing tariffs would expose our factories to serious risks, "said Robert DeMartini.

The company is fighting for tariff retention.

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For a long time, American companies, including car manufacturers, have been striving to increase trade barriers to resist foreign competitors. P

In the case of new Bai Lun, it is unusual that although the tariff benefits the American factory of the company, it increases the cost of making sports shoes outside the United States.

And overseas sports shoes account for a larger share of the company's products.

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< p > Import Tariff of footwear has been existed since the 30s of last century. At that time, there was still a large footwear industry in the United States, and the United States wanted to protect it from foreign competition.

But today, 99% of the shoe imports from the United States are mainly imported from Asia.

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Last year, sales of new P were $2 billion 400 million, and the company considered tariffs as one of the factors that made its American business viable.

The company has invested in new equipment in American factories to reduce waste in the production process.

Its US factories employ 1350 employees.

Another advantage is that the price of sports shoes made in the United States is more expensive, the retail price of a pair of shoes is as high as 275 dollars, including the revival design that first became popular several decades ago and fashionable as a fashionable accessory.

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< p > but even if the staff is reduced to a minimum, the footwear industry is still relatively labor-intensive.

In a word, the cost of shoe production in the United States is still 25% to 35% higher than that in Asia.

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Le Breton LeBretton, a spokesman for new P, said that if the tariffs were abolished, our competitors would be in a position to achieve higher profit margins, so that they could reinvest some of their profits in their businesses. "(Matthew)

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At the same time, the manufacturing industry in the US seems to be at the turning point of the revival, and the driving force for recovery is expected to benefit P's new business.

Since 2007, wages in China have risen by nearly 20% a year - many manufacturers have shifted labour intensive jobs to lower cost countries, such as Vietnam.

But labor costs in other parts of Asia are also growing.

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A recent study by P Boston Consulting Group predicts that by 2015, the cost difference between China and the United States in manufacturing machinery, furniture and plastic products will be about 10%.

But footwear products are not included.

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Hal Sirkin, a consultant at Boston consulting firm who conducted the research, said that in addition to highly customized and expensive shoes, the United States has only a large number of labor force, and it is reasonable to produce shoes in the domestic market. P

He said that the future is unlikely to produce large quantities of shoes in the United States.

He added that even after two years, shoes produced in China are 17% to 20% cheaper than those in the United States.

Vietnam has a bigger cost advantage.

Vietnam is the second largest supplier of footwear in the United States.

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< p > tariff opponents say the proposed trade agreement will only affect a small number of shoes imported from the United States.

This is mainly due to the fact that the other 10 Pacific Rim countries that join the United States with the United States do not include China.

But this may help Vietnam.

Slightly more than 8% of imported shoes from the United States are supplied by Vietnam.

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Less than P, companies that oppose tariffs include Nike, a new rival, and Nike (Nike Inc.), based in Beaverton, Oregon.

Nike spokesman Rohit (Greg Rossiter) said that lowering tariffs allowed us to take back deposits and invest in innovation and invest in maintaining international competitiveness, thereby creating high paying jobs in the United States.

Lowering tariffs also helps offset the rising cost of foreign labor and materials.

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Price Te, Matt Distributors, chairman of Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America, the industry organization, said that lowering tariffs would lay the foundation for reducing consumer prices.

He said that this also involves a fairness issue. We are collecting taxes from Americans to protect jobs that no longer exist in China.

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Guthrie (Carol Guthrie), spokesman for the US trade representative Kirk (Ron Kirk), said the Obama administration hopes the final result will be in line with the interests of the most American enterprises and laborers.

The next round of trade talks will be held in Singapore next month.

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"P" said that its American factory has brought some advantages to these enterprises, and these advantages and other factors make it more reasonable for its higher cost.

For example, the company has developed a business of customizing shoes in China, which is becoming larger and larger.

Customers can order shoes on the company's website. They are used in 26 different colors of shoes: < a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > leather < /a >, five colors of < a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > cloth > _blank > can be matched with each other.

Customers can also customize embroidery slogans.

Custom shoes are sold for 115 dollars per pair and can be delivered within four to five working days.

If it is produced in Asia, it will not be possible.

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< p > DeMartini said that the efficiency of the new American factory (all located in new England) is two times that of any of the Asian footwear suppliers of the company.

He said, we learned a lot, because to survive we have to learn.

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Less than P, the quality of its high priced American shoes is, to a certain extent, the reason for the success of the new export from New Zealand.

Last year, 700 thousand pairs of American output nearly 10% sold abroad, up 29% from two years ago.

China is one of its fastest growing markets.

In this market, there are 673 retail outlets in new market, and 500 more are planned for this year.

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< p > DeMartini said that the shoes we produced in the United States are made of high quality leather and hand sewn. They belong to those products which are most dependent on handicraft and most unlike toys.

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What P needs to say is that few companies are as keen on making American products as new.

Davies was bought by Mr. and Mrs. in 1972, but its establishment was in 1906, and initially it was a foot support manufacturer.

There is a slogan next to the gate of the new Norridgewock (Norridgewock) factory in Norwich, one of which is that we are born as a manufacturing enterprise and made our culture.

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< p > the new factory in Maine, Skau Hegan (Skowhegan) is typical of its American factory.

The workers scattered in the five storey building operate the machine, cutting, sewing cloth and leather.

In a paragraph, several large automatic sewing machines are embroidering the words "Made in USA" (made in the USA) on the tongue.

Many of the 335 workers in the factory come from other shoe factories that have already gone out of business in the region.

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Eaton (P) 66 years old (Ricky Eaton) worked in this factory for 20 years.

He is cutting leather and synthetic materials.

He said, I have been dealing with leather all my life.

He said, I firmly believe that the only reason for a company with a single employer is to work, otherwise we will not be what we are today.

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Like P, and many other workers in the factory, Eaton believes that his new job is the status of new company as a non public company. It is not as susceptible to other international business pressures as other companies.

He said that if the consortium was to do it, it would be all numbers.

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