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(84,711 posts)I just replaced a broken "Corningware" bowl,stamped made in the USA, that I'd had for over 20 years with a replacement stamped "Made in China." I didn't want to buy it because there have been some problems with Chinese made dishware in the past when American companies switched their production to China...but, it was a size that I needed. Corning isn't the only company to relocate production of dishware to China that was formerly made here by American Workers and with local ingredients. With China product the quality is often less than the origianal produced here and there's little oversight or inspection of the ingredients going many of the products. Plus, those producing the products make pennies compared to worker in the USA.
Another company Oneida (maker of stainless steel flatware for decades) also moved their production to China. Try to find any stainless steel flatware/serving ware that isn't made in China today. Some products have had to be recalled because of Radiation. And, who knows what's in glazes or colorings in some the dishware that hasn't yet been discovered. Children's bracelets have had several major recalls because of lead in the metal and other items made in china for both children and adults have been recalled for harmful ingredients not allowed in products here in the USA.
This is what Offshoring has achieved.