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My company, Electroimpact, designs, manufactures, and sells products to the aerospace industry. Since China is involved in this industry, my company has been able to make sales there. Even though my company is selling products to China, my company is not manufacturing any there. I am truly fortunate that my company has been able to gain a foothold selling to the United States’ biggest competitor in the global marketplace.

There are many barriers to selling US made goods in China. These barriers occasionally open and then they close; purely based on the whim of the government. It will not be possible to resolve this without a commitment to active participation from the US government. For my company, Electroimpact, our opening is based on the interest of the Chinese aerospace industries to build new factories that can complete with those in the USA and European. As soon as they deem that they can buy equivalent goods inside of China then the door of opportunity will close.

The list of barriers blocking export to China is extensive:

1. Uncompetitive US employment regulations
2. Wage differentials
3. Import duties into China
4. Border harassment
5. Lack of commitment of US companies

Only the fifth barrier can be addressed by the management of companies in the US.  The other four issues must be addressed by a concerned and committed US government. Electroimpact is committed to employing the American worker. Most American companies are committed to short term profits, which does not help the American worker or the growth of business overall in the US and around the globe. At Electroimpact we will continue to try to sell our goods in China.

This problem of putting profits over people is a cancer eating away at the heart of America.  Many products and services that most Americans think are being made by American workers in the US are being made and managed in China. Because of this lack of understanding, millions of Americans are being marginalized when they find there is no demand for their work. These marginalized workers have no awareness of why they are marginalized; therefore, they provide no political strength and momentum to fix the problem.

A current example is prototype part machining. For over 100 years, millions of American works did this type of work. Now, if place an order from Rapidcut, a company located in North Carolina, the parts come from China wrapped in Chinese language newspapers. The American worker is sidelined. Americans are no longer machining the parts; the company simply orders them from Chinese workers instead.