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Message:: [QUOTE="gxseries, post: 1979551, member: 4373"]This is a rather unusual question but a good one to think about. In these days of globalization, many companies would import goods from overseas to lower their prices under a competitive market. However, this may hurt the local market. Good examples are food producers, car manufacturers and such. Please note that every country is different therefore my examples may not illustrate what I am trying to express. There seems to be a huge notion of nationlism and or patriotism to support one's country. Regardless of how hard one attempts to avoid buying goods from overseas, in the overall process, this is a very difficult process to avoid. For instance if you have a mobile phone or a computer, chances are there will be traces of rare earth metals, majority of it coming from China. Now as of why I was going around the bush - my question is, how can we be assured that "manufactured in ABC" is definitely 100% originated from ABC land? What difference would it make if it was manufactured overseas? You can never know every process of manufacturing. Similar to blood diamonds - once you have a final product, you may never know the true origins. I believe what's important is what kind of ethics a company have.[/QUOTE]