It’s a problem for US manufacturing. Not everything needs to be built in another country and then put on a boat. You also don’t know if your kettle has been built by Uyghur slave labor.
Seems strange though to worry about a kettle when half the things in your house are made in China. Laptop, iPhone, clothes, curtain rails, toys… sure there are also lots of these not made in China, but I’d take a guess a substantial proportion of them in a substantial proportion of homes are made in China. At least a kettle isn’t spying on you (yet), isn’t made of cotton (often particular associations with Uyghurs), isn’t educational material, food, or medical product. I suppose it could have a lead element, or asbestos in the handle, but that seems unlikely.
Try buying one in the US that isn’t made in China.
Is that a problem… for a kettle?
It’s a problem for US manufacturing. Not everything needs to be built in another country and then put on a boat. You also don’t know if your kettle has been built by Uyghur slave labor.
I don’t disagree with you. But also US made doesn’t ensure it wasn’t built with slave labor. Prison labor includes manufacturing these days
Seems strange though to worry about a kettle when half the things in your house are made in China. Laptop, iPhone, clothes, curtain rails, toys… sure there are also lots of these not made in China, but I’d take a guess a substantial proportion of them in a substantial proportion of homes are made in China. At least a kettle isn’t spying on you (yet), isn’t made of cotton (often particular associations with Uyghurs), isn’t educational material, food, or medical product. I suppose it could have a lead element, or asbestos in the handle, but that seems unlikely.