Reply #9: I thought of another one.

[Boojatta]

Neither Canadians nor Mexicans know what they are doing, but the combination of English-speaking and French-speaking people in Canada has made Canadian products popular in the UK and France. In contrast, Mexico has only the small market of Spain available.

In the history of economics, salt is of great importance. For example, "salary" comes from the word for "salt." For a long time, companies in Canada and Mexico have been copying the old-time chemical formula for salt without really understanding what they are doing. The sodium and chlorine atoms aren't combined correctly, so the salt produced by Canada and Mexico is not very good. However, the detrimental health effects resulting from the consumption of that salt haven't been serious enough to overcome the sentimental preferences of people in France and the UK.

More recently, Canada has been making pharmaceuticals. They aren't as safe as the drugs produced in mainland China. Often the manufacturing location isn't even specified on the label, because it's of no importance. What matters is where the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company is located. It just happens that China is usually the manufacturing location of choice for companies that know their stuff when it comes to choosing the right kind of metal spring to hold together the little billiard balls.