World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
1–10 of 213 posts
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#2Amazing to see an anecdote like this trotted out as newsworthy. There are three total data points and two of them are incredibly vague.
Honestly, this feels a bit like propaganda.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#3Perhaps if manufacturers will move out of PRC into nearby countries it won't have a large effect on prices for consumers and businesses in the US, but at the same time will force China to make structural changes in adherence with the rules of global trade and human rights. Too bad Trump has alienated traditional US allies - if major economies teamed up in this effort it would have been a much easier goal.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#4This could just be a neat spin on a move towards automation :)
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#5Amazing to see an anecdote like this trotted out as newsworthy. There are three total data points and two of them are incredibly vague. Honestly, this feels a bit like propaganda.
The title clearly says 'World's top bicycle maker says'. It's an opinion.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#6Perhaps if manufacturers will move out of PRC into nearby countries it won't have a large effect on prices for consumers and businesses in the US, but at the same time will force China to make structural changes in adherence with the rules of global trade and human rights. Too bad Trump has alienated traditional US allies - if major economies teamed up in this effort it would have been a much easier goal.
I don't think allies are going to be permanently "alienated" by one president's remarks.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#7Amazing to see an anecdote like this trotted out as newsworthy. There are three total data points and two of them are incredibly vague. Honestly, this feels a bit like propaganda.
It doesn't matter if you're right or not, if such a company believes (or even just says) it, it's newsworthy.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#8I don't immediately discard an item because it's made in China, as I know of some high quality items made there. Most Apple products, some Xiaomi products or Meermin/Feit shoes.
However, I tend to be very skeptical about its quality. Moving manufacturing to China is most often done to reduce cost. The only industry where it's not done due to cost, but supply chain issues, is electronics.
And with cost reduction comes lower quality. Higher tolerances, zero pollution standards, etc. In particular, most items I got from China have this terrible new plastic smell that is almost intoxicating. Same for some clothing dyes. Studies show formaldehyde concentrations are really high in Chinese homes, and I'm not surprised.
Hence, a few years ago I made a resolution to raise my standards and avoid those things. But it's a lot of trouble to find high quality items these days. I want to own few things and keep most for the rest of my life. I have slowly curated such a list, but it's as I said you need to go out of your way and often get custom things from niche brands.
Once a big company in a particular industry moves to China, most will follow shortly. It's game theory. The average customer couldn't care less about things I mentioned above. Sadly, it's all about price.
tl;dr As a consumer I miss much better reviews and reports on product quality, safety and repairability. I feel that'd improve the situation where most industries localize to China to cut costs at the expense of everything else due to information asymmetry.
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#9This could just be a neat spin on a move towards automation :)
Are there any robots yet that can weld bicycle frames? I thought that was still a job for humans...
Re: World’s top bicycle maker is moving U.S. orders to Taiwan factory
#10Perhaps if manufacturers will move out of PRC into nearby countries it won't have a large effect on prices for consumers and businesses in the US, but at the same time will force China to make structural changes in adherence with the rules of global trade and human rights. Too bad Trump has alienated traditional US allies - if major economies teamed up in this effort it would have been a much easier goal.
I don't think allies are going to be permanently "alienated" by one president's remarks.
The one idiot that the rest of the world ignored was Georg W. Bush. By electing a second, worse idiot the US has demonstrated to the world that they are no longer a viable long term partner.