this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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The title is not original to the article. Claiming she is "exploiting cheap labor" is rather misleading. To quote a section of the article:
The other option, the one Trump wants, is a pipe dream: manufacturing her products in the US. Benike would prefer to manufacture here, too. But a mountain of logistics, near impossibilities, stand in her way.
Food-grade silicone, which she uses for her products, is not available domestically. When she looked into the cost of importing the material when she first started, it was more expensive than importing a finished product, and the prices have gone up since then. Manufacturing facilities in the US with the compression mold machines she needed require much larger runs than she can commit to. The minimum requirements for factories here was 20,000 – in China, she could do a couple thousand at a time.
So she admits that it would cost more to do it here in the US due to labor standards & you're sympathizing that she can avoid labor standards & do it for cheaper in China?
Well the way Florida is going you may get your wish. Cheap American child labor.
https://www.ft.com/content/e341fdac-80a6-4a19-ba46-741bd0e4efaa