--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/2/2004 2:27:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I assume you do not > suggest that the outsourcing of jobs to foreign lands (whether right > or wrong) is not of concern to americans. > There needs to be a clear distinction between outsourcing and having > self-sustaining operations in foreign markets. > > As someone who works full-time on educating people about the exploitation > that occurs in the production plants where most of our clothes and shoes are made > overseas, I think I can offer some fairly competent commentary on the issue > of outsourcing. > > If a company makes a product, (ex. sneakers) in foreign production plants and > then imports those products to the USA for domestic consumption, one would > say they are outsourcing the labor to produce a product that will be consumed > here. > > But, if a company produces a product in a foreign market and then sells that > product in that foreign market, they are not outsourcing, they are simply > inserting themselves into that particular market for both production and sales. > > I am not sure of the operations of the Heinz company, but given the fact that > their product is perishable, my guess is that ketchup being sold here is made > here and ketchup being made in their plants in Europe is being sold in Europe > and ketchup being made in Asia is being sold in Asia. I could be wrong, I am > only attempting an educated guess. > > I hope I have made the distinction clear. If I haven't, let me know. > > Peace, Jim Keady
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