# At what point do we start penalizing China? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 28, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-we-start-penalizing-china/469956 "2008-10-28T16:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-we-start-penalizing-china/469956/21 "2008-10-29T16:15:06Z")
Consumer confidence will plummet, and consumption will decrease. It’s clear this will manage to fix itself on its own. But, to me, it’s also clear that since we know what is going to happen, we can just go ahead and institute a policy now: “Made in X” must be clearly marked on the label. Thankfully, products don’t exist with parts from fifteen different countries based on 20 different patents and copyrights, so this regulation will be very simple to implement and enforce. Err… ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-we-start-penalizing-china/469956/22 "2008-10-30T05:29:44Z")
> [@erislover](#): > > Thankfully, products don’t exist with parts from fifteen different countries based on 20 different patents and copyrights, so this regulation will be very simple to implement and enforce. > > Err… That was sarcasm right ?? Declan ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-we-start-penalizing-china/469956/23 "2008-10-30T05:43:24Z")
Goddammit, China, quit trying to kill us. What did we ever do to you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-do-we-start-penalizing-china/469956.md?page=1)