Will warnings about the safety of Chinese products reduce China's dominance in global manufacturing and trade?

by Scott Hayden

The Chinese have made some truly fantastic contributions throughout history. The abacus, the compass and the first paper currency are among them. There was a time during the hey...read more

by mokb

With many of my fellow writers I would say no the the motion. China produces items of diversified quality, catering needs of various parts of the globe. Quality and price for...read more

by MsRose

If you were running a business, think about the supply and demand. You have to market and sell multiple quality items. Sadly, quantity has become more important than quality. ...read more

by Lao Ke

My goodness, what short memories we have! Firestone tires, e-coli tainted spinach, the Vioxx debacle; even "deadly" contact lens solution was a headline grabber for months!...read more

by Fred Tolleson

The current problems being experienced by China will quickly fade and it will be business as usual. Why? The CEO of Mattel was interviewed on Good Morning America by Chris Cuom...read more

by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

I am tired of all of the phobias about Chinese Products and Human Rights. While it cannot be denied that there are Chinese Products that have safety problems, there are products...read more

by Nadine Sellers

China will not be punished by American protectionism. Both countries may suffer diplomatic setbacks due to an epidemic of recalls on products made outside of U.S. safety guideli...read more

by Master Turtle

With the concern over some of their manufactured products, three aspects favor the Chinese continuing their market dominance. The first is the population of the country itself. ...read more

by Icy Ice

Warning about the safety of Chinese products will only reduce China's dominance in the short term. In the long run, consumers will still purchase China made products. Human bein...read more

by Joseph Malek

The history of economic development is filled with people who produce substandard products. That is why we have the F.D.A. and a host of private product testing companies to ins...read more

by Ted Sherman

China, with its huge cheap labor force, substandard materials and disregard for customer safety, will continue its worldwide war on competition. As long as money-grubbing retail...read more

by Matthew Mcguire

Will warnings about the safety of Chinese foods, toothpaste, toys and tires reduce China's dominance in global manufacturing and trade? I seriously doubt that safety war...read more

by Kirko

At the time of writing, Mattel had just announced the recall of more than 18 million Mattel toys worldwide. The reason? The toys were found to have paint containing lead or smal...read more

by Daniel Xiao Wang

Absolutely not. Several important considerations must be taken into account when considering the recent recalls and China's trade dominance. * Firstly, the sheer volume of C...read more

by Ana - I'm Learning

No, several products recalls have been announced in the recent past. Most of these products were manufactured in China and this not impacted the Chinese market in any way. On th...read more

by Tiongho Poh

The dominance of Chinese on the global manufacturing and trade will not be weaken just by the discovery of a few unsafe products. The Chinese are still learning on the manufactu...read more

by Cecile

Costumers buy products because of their prices. We can say all we want about the environment, homemade products, quality and so forth in the end we buy something if we have the ...read more

by Salvatore Oliva

I am a product designer and the majority of products I design are produced in China. I have seen amazing progress in Chinese production practices and knowledge over the past 15...read more

by Phil Hill

We all love a bargain. The trouble is we don't think of the long term consequences. China maybe global leaders in cheap and nasty. But they are way down the league in value for ...read more