Why Do American Made Matter

     The exporting of American jobs is an issue that is important and will become increasingly so as more and more white collar jobs are shipped overseas. American companies in the past few decades have been sending American jobs overseas paying residents of other countries pennies on the dollar what they had paid American workers to do. This saves the companies millions of dollars on labor costs but costs Americans precious jobs.

One of the main reasons to buy American made is jobs. Jobs drive our economy. Financial analysts pay close attention to the monthly jobs report. The monthly jobs report is a direct indicator of how healthy our economy is and a forecast for the future. It’s like the doctor taking a persons pulse. A good strong pulse indicates you appear to be healthy, but a weak pulse indicates you may have problems. It would be hard to pay for even the basic necessities without a job. When you buy American made products you are supporting your friends, family and neighbors. Those folks are the ones getting paid to manufacture products that you find on the shelf at your local stores. If they don’t sell those products then there is no need to manufacture them. We can no survive with just a service economy. Meaning someone to fix your furnace or change the oil in your car. We need manufacturing jobs to have a healthy economy.

American industries usually compete with countries that are similar to them. For example, U.S. forms compete with Japanese automakers, German chemical companies, and Swiss pharmaceuticals. For climatic reasons, there are few advanced industrial economies that produce cotton. American cotton growers compete with

Despite, the high opportunity cost of making automobiles, some people will still be better off if the United States limit auto imports. The American factory workers that make automobiles will benefit for one. With the decrease of jobs being exported outside the country, they’ll

"Made in America" is a label that people often see on a variety of goods they purchase in the United States. For years, people have been opening their eyes to the importance of American manufacturing and taking steps toward supporting the manufacturers of these goods, as it has a positive effect on the population, economy and more. The desire to purchase only American-made items has grown, and whether it be because of the price or quality is not fully known, but it can be said that it is good for America.

David Autor speaks about how the United States is not importing anything that we cannot produce but goods we cannot produce as cheaply as China. In the third Podcast titled “UBI in action, and the need for full employment”

In the late 1960’s the American auto industry was facing the large challenge of selling American made

The profits Vietnamese sell for America still increasing. The questions are all the products Vietnam exported sell in America is Made in Vietnam? or Made in China?

Attempts to protect U.S. firms from foreign competition, such as the Buy American provision are good ideas. These are good ideas because at the end of the day, it creates jobs for the American people. Creating jobs, means unemployment rates decrease, which results in more spending by the American people, which leads to a better economy. Some American companies might be opposed to this provision because of the quality of their product or cheap labor. Companies who have high expectations might get their product manufactured in a third world country, where they pay employees $2.00 an hour, but the overall product would be high class, for example, Apple Inc. manufactures its products in China for cheap, but their product is long lasting. Due to

Car enthusiasts, all around the U.S, have been waiting for a long time to be satisfied with owning the car they have desired from overseas. In fact, the wait has been 25 years. Owning your own car creates a powerful emotion, and the cars we desire have such a long wait before they are imported, unless they receive special permission and authority from our government. Car companies produce tens of thousands of cars for the states, whether import or domestic. The fine line between buying an American foreign product compared to the factory in Japan, is the car it’s self, meaning quality of manufacturing or the efficiency of their emissions.

Their industriousness appears to be conflicting with stories of a late or sudden emergency in the US manufacturing segment. All things considered, as of late as 2010, the United States had the world 's biggest manufacturing segment measured by its value added and, while it has now been surpassed by China, the United States remains an extensive maker.

Much like any industry, the American automobile industry is subject to global competition. As stated earlier, the automobile was first perfected in Germany and France. In 1995, the United States and Japan made a trade agreement that provided more dealer outlets and allowed easier replacement part selling in each other’s countries (Nauss 1995). This makes auto parts and auto-replacement parts for Japanese cars easier to access in the United States and vice versa. Not only does this provide for more US jobs, but it also provides for more Japanese jobs in the auto industry (Nauss 1995)! But furthermore, it increases the global competition. “Japanese

Domestic manufacturers in the US have lost market share to imports, which increased from 45.8% of domestic demand in 2010 to 50.8% in 2015 (Isakowitz, 8), The penetration of imports is in part because of the low labor costs provided by offshoring. Increased production costs have

“American made means American quality” (Martha Stewart). In the early 1900’s the Federal Trade Commission proposed an act for all American made products. It stated that all significant parts, processing, and labor that go into the product must be of U.S. origin. Products were not to contain any foreign content. The FTC Act gives the Commission the power to bring law enforcement actions against false or misleading claims that a product is of U.S. origin. The “Made in USA” mark is a label that means the product is “all or virtually all” made in the United States. The label was regulated by the Federal Trade Commission in 1996 to avoid fraud products from China. The Federal Trade Commission is a federal agency, established in 1914, that

Of the top 10 automobile manufacturers globally, in 2014, America is represented 3 times, by Ford, General Motors and Fiat-Chrysler. The two top selling manufacturers, Toyota and Volkswagen Group are Japanese and German respectively (“Leading automobile manufacturers”, 2015). This indicates that there is significant, global competition and that competition is currently better placed than the American manufacturers. The primary competitors are currently Japanese, German, French and Italian (“Leading automobile manufacturers”, 2015).