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Old June 23rd 05, 03:58 PM
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"Rolf Blom" wrote in message
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On 2005-06-23 12:22, Robert J Carpenter wrote:
The problem with ALL the comments on this subject is that the original
story was sloppy reporting.

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(I recall some stories from long ago when low quality products were made
in a cheap-labour country, and their factories where named after various
other countries and the products were stamped as if made elsewhere.
Though at that time 'made in xxx' was more a quality assurance than
protectionism.)



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