US China Trade War: Impact on Scuba industry

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The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...ny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies


SPY IN THE SKY? China in new spy row after ‘making technology for £100m top-secret fighter jets flown by UK & US’

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9297798/china-making-technology-f35-fighter/

Ghost Fleet (novel) - Wikipedia

.....Using a computer virus to first infiltrate the computer systems of the Defense Intelligence Agency, China launches a massive cyber-attack against the United States. Crippling many technologically-sophisticated systems, including the F-35 Lightning, which were compromised with infected microchips in the supply chain.
 
CS...

When the shelves in the LDS are empty...or we start seeing price increases over the standard 130%/150% markup we can start to get concerned...and I don't believe for a minute either are going to happen any-time soon...scuba gear doesn't begin to account for one grain of sand in the whole of the Sahara desert...

The problem does not lie so much with the guy sitting in the big chair in Beijing...as it does with the two guys sitting in the big chairs in Ottawa and Washington...

We're currently holding the telephone princess in a mansion...on house arrest...on the tax-payers dime... at the bequest of Washington...we have Canadians being held in China on trumped up charges because of it...

As of yesterday the the topic in vogue is now who is going to sell lobsters to China...and who isn't...and it looks like Canada is in...and the US is out...tomorrow it will be something else...don't hold your breath waiting for scuba gear to become a topic of tariff discussion...

There's a hell of a lot more at stake than masks...fins and snorkels...

W...

The Canadian military is non existent, your very freedom and way-of-life are a gift of the over burdened US taxpayers who provide the military/nuclear deterrence from the likes of Russia and China. Canada can at least show a little gratitude and cooperate with the US in facing down our mutual mortal enemies!
 
The ignore feature on this site is wonderful.
 
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...ny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies


SPY IN THE SKY? China in new spy row after ‘making technology for £100m top-secret fighter jets flown by UK & US’

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9297798/china-making-technology-f35-fighter/

Ghost Fleet (novel) - Wikipedia

.....Using a computer virus to first infiltrate the computer systems of the Defense Intelligence Agency, China launches a massive cyber-attack against the United States. Crippling many technologically-sophisticated systems, including the F-35 Lightning, which were compromised with infected microchips in the supply chain.

That bloomberg story was rebutted by Amazon and Apple. Also an independent audit by Nardello found no corroborating evidence. About as real as WMDs in Iraq.

It is past time for Bloomberg to retract or unequivocally prove the iCloud spy chip story

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-super-micro-join-apple-in-demanding-retraction-1829925889
 
It would be really tough to source every strap, nut, bolt, screw, fabric, etc. entirely from the USA.

Pretty much... there are limited sources for some of the items needed to complete a product.

Part of the reason so much stuff went overseas is A) cost of production, and B) tightened environmental regulations in the US.
They made it very difficult for manufacturers to operate in US, especially in CA.
China has no environmental rules but what people fail to realize is that
pollution eventually circles the globe anyway.

I would probably say it is way more complex than that, although A is at the root of it. B.. is probably more of a hindrance due to bureaucracy than pollution, at least within the US. You need permits, then permits for the permit, then a permit to extend to the permit, then a permit to do nothing while you wait on the next permit.....

The shelves in the LDS’s are already
almost empty, and that was before the tariffs. Over 100% markup at retail locations doesn’t work anymore with the invention of the internet.

Low volume industries require large markups or retailers can't exist. Making 10% when you sell 10 items isn't sustainable... 10% on 1000 items might be. This is a large part of the principle on why large retailers win... they can make up for lower margins with higher volume. A LDS simply cannot do that.
 
The Canadian military is non existent, your very freedom and way-of-life are a gift of the over burdened US taxpayers who provide the military/nuclear deterrence from the likes of Russia and China. Canada can at least show a little gratitude and cooperate with the US in facing down our mutual mortal enemies!

SF...

I think you need a history lesson on Canadian Military participation...

How about...WWI...WWII...Korea...Cyprus...Vietnam...Iraq...Afganistan...short list...thousands of Canadian Military participants...and thousands upon thousands of Canadian Military War Dead...

The 401 highway in Ontario from CFB Trenton to the east to the Coroners office in Toronto to the west was renamed the ''Highway of Heros'' as a result of the conflict in Afganistan...returning war dead was a daily ritual for a long time...

Suggest a visit to your local library...

W...
 
China does have environmental rules. In the last year or two, they have begun to force factories to shut down on certain days due to pollution levels.

I’m a licensed customs broker with 27 years int’l shipping experience. My customers have been reporting the manufacturing delays to me and why.
 
China does have environmental rules. In the last year or two, they have begun to force factories to shut down on certain days due to pollution levels.

I’m a licensed customs broker with 27 years int’l shipping experience. My customers have been reporting the manufacturing delays to me and why.
That’s good to know, It’s about time.
 

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