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From: Keith on 13 Apr 2006 08:47
In article <pan.2006.04.12.22.47.01.253758(a)example.net>,
richgrise(a)example.net says...
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:27:26 +0000, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
> > Jim Yanik wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd say that at least 51% of the content(labor and parts) must come from
> >> the country of "manufacture".
> >>
> >> How is it set for the auto industry?
> >
> > Do you remember seeing stickers on modules and chassis in consumer
> > electronics stating "xx% of this assembly built with foreign parts" back
> > in the late '60s and early '70s"
>
> No, but I _have_ seen stickers that say, "Assembled in the USA" or equiv.

There are explicit rules on product labeling. I posted a link to
the FTC site yesterday.

> Technically, everyone from the north pole to Tierra Del Fuego could call
> themselves "Americans," it's just that there's Norteamericanos, Centrale-
> amaricanos, and Suramericanos.

Nope.

> Remember a big flap around the time the Japanese were doing seriously
> cheap knockoffs of practically everything? They did their final assembly
> in a little town outside Tokyo, called "Usa". ( When I was stationed at
> Yokota, the town outside was called "Fussa", so it's not entirely
> unbelievable), and, of course, they stamped all of their products, "Made
> in Usa". ;-)

Urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp

--
Keith
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