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[quote=CARLOS,246662]On my opinion, talking about quality of food is basicly talking about markets. Years behind "made in China" ment low quality. About 20 years ago I myself was very surprized with my new jogging shoes. I supposed finnish jogging shoes were made in Finland as before, but these were made in China. Well, after few hard trains they broke.

Nowadays finnish jogging shoes are made in Korea, Philippines, China and so on because of lower employment costs. Also finnish clothing industry is dead in Finland because of same reason. Can talk about electric industry, too, Nokia first of all.   Shoes are, as well as clothes and mobile phones are quite high quality nowadays.

More and more goods come from cheap product cost countries, including food. About a year ago, a whole factory making mobile phones parts was closed in Finland and moved to China. 1200 people lost their jobs. Western countries are worried about their own production and employmet situation. I think protectionism is natural reaction against cheap products from abroad.

This morning in finnish tv was said that changing rice from dinner table to finnish potatoes is an act for environment protection. True, but in my opinion quite meaningless. I only think all weapons in protectionism are in use.

I have been to China twice. Both times I have eaten only chinese food, sometimes in places finnish health officials would burn immediately. Not once have been problems. Compared to Spain, Turkiye and Tunis, where I have had sometimes very serious illnesses because of food, I was very surprized I got absolutely nothing in China.

Talk about quality of food is necessary, I think. Then talking about health of population, too. But if used as a weapon of protectionism, it is only used  as an attempt to ensure maximum profit to global companies.[/quote]

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