Record U.S. exports confirmed last 3 months all-time highs exceeding $300B monthly.

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I gave up the booze and the partying like twenty years ago and got addicted to lawn mowers instead. Specifically second hand Honda petrol mowers. Her indoors goes ental every time I find one on Facebook, I just mention they and few and far between compared to her handbags. Basically in the UK when you buy a second hand Honda they were either produced in France or the USA. After experimenting the positives and negatives of French and USA mowers I can without a shadow of a doubt award the quality prize to the Yanks. French mowers while still very good being Honda's just start falling apart after a decade or so. The plastics, gear boxes, wheels, steels, cables are quite simply inferior to those made by Yanks. Both might be Honda supplied but the American stuff just goes on and on. It's just made to a better standard than the French mowers. My dad used to say the Yanks over engineer their products and it's true. I always buy USA because of experience. Great exports.

Every country exports both excellent and mediocre products.

Germany has luxury engineering and cheap plastics.

China makes both disposable junk and cutting-edge electronics.

Same with the US, meaning products vary in both quality and cost...

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Every country exports both excellent and mediocre products.

Germany has luxury engineering and cheap plastics.

China makes both disposable junk and cutting-edge electronics.

Same with the US, meaning products vary in both quality and cost...

I've noticed that cost of products can be the driving force in deciding which product to buy, as seen with American farmers with a bottom line to consider, choosing more affordable and 'just as good' Chinese-made farm equipment, as claimed by the farmers.

China exports cutting-edge and simple electronics to other countries who simply apply minor assembly or manufacturing for the end product, which they then sell to other countries, such as the USA. Americans think they are importing from Mexico or Vietnam, when in reality are mostly Chinese-made products.

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Some Chinese companies still prefer Nvidia software but the Chinese government wants a 'China First' approach to manufactured goods.

"China Policy: Beijing has urged companies to prioritize domestic semiconductors and has reportedly blocked or delayed some H200 imports to protect local industries, leading to a situation where Nvidia has effectively zero percent official market share in China despite latent demand."

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I've noticed that cost of products can be the driving force in deciding which product to buy, as seen with American farmers with a bottom line to consider, choosing more affordable and 'just as good' Chinese-made farm equipment, as claimed by the farmers.

China exports cutting-edge and simple electronics to other countries who simply apply minor assembly or manufacturing for the end product, which they then sell to other countries, such as the USA. Americans think they are importing from Mexico or Vietnam, when in reality are mostly Chinese-made products.

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Some Chinese companies still prefer Nvidia software but the Chinese government wants a 'China First' approach to manufactured goods.

"China Policy: Beijing has urged companies to prioritize domestic semiconductors and has reportedly blocked or delayed some H200 imports to protect local industries, leading to a situation where Nvidia has effectively zero percent official market share in China despite latent demand."

Yeah, the likes of John Deere have taken a hit and a half with respect to superior, cheaper, Chinese farming equipment.

Equipment that can be fixed by the end user, as opposed to the company...

[Orby]

Every country exports both excellent and mediocre products.

Germany has luxury engineering and cheap plastics.

China makes both disposable junk and cutting-edge electronics.

Same with the US, meaning products vary in both quality and cost...

They do make both products Andy, yet if you're buying USA it's generally the best there is. Rd just better stuff. Ask the Chonese, they are trying to purchase Yankee planes even though they make their own. Ask the t mils, an F-35 lightning or a Rafael or or Saab or J31 lol. ,Yanks do it better. German stuff has gone to pot, used to be good, I just been dragging an Al-ko mower round the field, made in Germany Austria drive has gone, handles collapsed. It's crap, two years old. I got a couple of old Swepsonville North Carolina made mowers 20 or something year old and they just eat up the Miles never go wrong b. The only negative from USA was a  Ford set belt went. Every thing else totally awesome.

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They do make both products Andy, yet if you're buying USA it's generally the best there is. Rd just better stuff. Ask the Chonese, they are trying to purchase Yankee planes even though they make their own. Ask the t mils, an F-35 lightning or a Rafael or or Saab or J31 lol. ,Yanks do it better. German stuff has gone to pot, used to be good, I just been dragging an Al-ko mower round the field, made in Germany Austria drive has gone, handles collapsed. It's crap, two years old. I got a couple of old Swepsonville North Carolina made mowers 20 or something year old and they just eat up the Miles never go wrong b. The only negative from USA was a  Ford set belt went. Every thing else totally awesome.

It's a hit-and-miss affair, Orby.

Take "Nerds" for example.

And the recent health concerns and controversies regarding some of their ingredients.

Or the "Lithium-ion" battery e-bikes and hoverboards, which pose a risk of fire and explosion.

I seem to recall certain space heaters that were also a fire hazard.

And lets not forget the contaminated peanut butter products linked to Salmonella outbreaks.

Which is not to suggest the USA doesn't also export great products also.

But just like many another nation, there is good and bad in just about everything they produce...

[Orby]

It's a hit-and-miss affair, Orby.

Take "Nerds" for example.

And the recent health concerns and controversies regarding some of their ingredients.

Or the "Lithium-ion" battery e-bikes and hoverboards, which pose a risk of fire and explosion.

I seem to recall certain space heaters that were also a fire hazard.

And lets not forget the contaminated peanut butter products linked to Salmonella outbreaks.

Which is not to suggest the USA doesn't also export great products also.

But just like many another nation, there is good and bad in just about everything they produce...

Ok I'll agree it is hit or miss. Everybody does good stuff yet I stick to my guns on USA steel products being vastly superior to the foreigner stuff. My Gerber tools, knives, they are made beautifully at a reasonable price. I really am honest, the Chinese don't do stuff like that. Anybody else for that matter. They lead the way in develoment too. It really is better when you buy Made in USA and that's coming from a British person. What I suggest you study mate, not being sarcy here or anything yet I've worked in most fields of manufactring, study 'branding.' When those German's in the 50's started exprting their products they got the branding right. Sure the designs were good, reliablity not bad either, but they managed to brainwash the world's population the 'Made in Germany' meant a better product. The truth is their stuff wasn't much different to other nations stuff yet that branding made them the industrial giant they've become. It was no better than British, or French, yet the branding 'Made in Germany' worked and they stole markets around the world in which they still dominate to this day. All in the branding.

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Ok I'll agree it is hit or miss. Everybody does good stuff yet I stick to my guns on USA steel products being vastly superior to the foreigner stuff. My Gerber tools, knives, they are made beautifully at a reasonable price. I really am honest, the Chinese don't do stuff like that. Anybody else for that matter. They lead the way in develoment too. It really is better when you buy Made in USA and that's coming from a British person. What I suggest you study mate, not being sarcy here or anything yet I've worked in most fields of manufactring, study 'branding.' When those German's in the 50's started exprting their products they got the branding right. Sure the designs were good, reliablity not bad either, but they managed to brainwash the world's population the 'Made in Germany' meant a better product. The truth is their stuff wasn't much different to other nations stuff yet that branding made them the industrial giant they've become. It was no better than British, or French, yet the branding 'Made in Germany' worked and they stole markets around the world in which they still dominate to this day. All in the branding.

Well, our American cousins do know a lot about advertisements. 

Suffice to suggest thats there bag in spades.

Where knives are concerned, im inclined to believe Japan is best for precision and sharpness.

But that might just be preference...

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Well, our American cousins do know a lot about advertisements. 

Suffice to suggest thats there bag in spades.

Where knives are concerned, im inclined to believe Japan is best for precision and sharpness.

But that might just be preference...

Yeah konw where you are coming from with Japanese steels. Superb stuff they upmthere with Yanks. With a little 'Made in Japan' branding too. They do sererve the branding though, to me far more than Germans deserve it. Holy smoke, the Japanese are just amazing.