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How exactly is a seller supposed to know where an item was made if the item doesn’t specifically say on it?
What is wrong with this bill? Most new items on Ebay and Amazon have country of origan. “New” items on Etsy are a problem.
Country of Origin disclosed would be great. Easy to weed out made in china junk
In reality you still may not know. I used to work for a furniture company that claimed they made Italian furniture. In reality, it was all made in flat packs in China, the cargo ship docked in Italy for a few days, then brought it to the US. I suppose Italian law allows that. But that Italian furniture was most def made in China. Even the “Made in Italy” sticker was made in China!
Economic nationalism. Nothing new to see here.
Although the article says used articles and small sellers are exempt, I WELCOME country of origin labels on anything. I BUY AMERICAN. I deliberately avoid Made In China products whenever possible and hope increasing numbers of concerned US citizens will do the same.
Do you know that already, FOREIGN MEAT can be imported and sold as “PRODUCT OF USA” ?????????
Check out
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=can+meat+imported+from+foreign+countries+be+labeled+as+product+of+usa
My information is that all they have to do after bringing it into this country is WRAP it here. I want to know where my food comes from. How it’s grown, what it is fed, chemicals used, etc. This is sick.