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So I suspect this post won't be popular but over the last 20-30 years we yes we the US consumers have demanded the lowest possible price with little thought to where products come from. US companies had no choice but move manufacturing off shore to be competitive. The big box stores demanded the lowest price possible and if US suppliers wanted their business China or southeast Asia was the answer. Let's keep in mind that to stay in business you need to be profitable. Not defending all of them many had no choice. Then as soon they started production in China the China allowed local companies to copy the products and then marketed them to the big box stores at cost much lower than the US companies could not compete.
I worked for manufacturing company in the Midwest and supplied a machine system to China in the mid -2000's and in less the a year at a manufacturing trade show in the US China was there with a direct copy of our machine. We had dozens of patens on the machine. This machine cost over $1,000,000. Just try suing the China government.
Please do not buy any China made food products.