I appreciate, that the company in German, but lets be honest… If a German company bought Coca Cola, or Pepsi and sold it, to you would it be European too?
I understand the hype and i am also very excited about the move towards more European trade, but let’s not fool ourselves with this being European. It is a fact that very few electronics are made in EU, and this is something that we have to accept. This is indeed something that USA has failed to realize and are now making products more expensive to themselves, because production will not more to them. Asia makes electronics for the whole world. You can’t move products for USA to USA, or for EU to EU without the final product getting way more expensive
Your point is valid but as long as Asia creates all our electronics you can order companies from least to most European and base your decision on this.
Also you can order the Asian countries that manufacture electronics from least to most following European values and standards. Not al non-eu countries are equally bad.
The real problem in my eyes is the lack of transparency by companies with international production lines.
I agree you need to take into account how much money, time and effort you are able or willing to spend on eu-alternarives. I think you are right in allowing yourself to make choice based on your circumstances and being ok that.
But it’s also fair to let others make their own choices and letting them choose which purchase they want to make according to whatever scale they please.
You wrote in another post about Californian raisins being labeled as a European product because they were sold by a European company, I agree this is a bit misleading. But my point is, that a European company buying something from US can be seen as a better alternative to a US company selling the same product.
I appreciate, that the company in German, but lets be honest… If a German company bought Coca Cola, or Pepsi and sold it, to you would it be European too?
I understand the hype and i am also very excited about the move towards more European trade, but let’s not fool ourselves with this being European. It is a fact that very few electronics are made in EU, and this is something that we have to accept. This is indeed something that USA has failed to realize and are now making products more expensive to themselves, because production will not more to them. Asia makes electronics for the whole world. You can’t move products for USA to USA, or for EU to EU without the final product getting way more expensive
Your point is valid but as long as Asia creates all our electronics you can order companies from least to most European and base your decision on this.
Also you can order the Asian countries that manufacture electronics from least to most following European values and standards. Not al non-eu countries are equally bad.
The real problem in my eyes is the lack of transparency by companies with international production lines.
I agree you need to take into account how much money, time and effort you are able or willing to spend on eu-alternarives. I think you are right in allowing yourself to make choice based on your circumstances and being ok that.
But it’s also fair to let others make their own choices and letting them choose which purchase they want to make according to whatever scale they please.
You wrote in another post about Californian raisins being labeled as a European product because they were sold by a European company, I agree this is a bit misleading. But my point is, that a European company buying something from US can be seen as a better alternative to a US company selling the same product.