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Originally posted by e vey
[BI will pose a question: If a television (not Curtis Mathes) is asssembed in Mexico from Korean and Chinese parts, where, by your definition, has it been built? [/b] |
To go back to the intial post:
Can anyone suggest models that were made in the USA?
Assuming that he/she was asking about a TV that is 100% USA manufactured, the answer is 'none'. That can also be applied to almost any commodity throughout the world.
With that assumption and your stance...
If all of the components in any TV (even Curtis-Mathes) are from Taiwan, Korea, China, Hungary, etc. but assembled in Boise, Idaho... Does that make it "Made in the USA"?
Secondly... to display the label, "Made in the USA", what is the criteria used to based that claim. Is it just where is assembled? Where the components are manufactured? At least 51% of the internal components are USA made?
I don't have an answer...
Senseless semantics IMO.
Parts from all over the world.
Assembled wherever.
Almost nothing today is completely "made" in the USA and just because "Joe Smith" in Boise monitors a computer screen on the assemby line, doesn't make it "made" in the USA.