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This does make sense. It's not them whining. They just wanted to support a German company before. It's no longer German so why not save a few dollars and keep the money in the local economy?

I am not American and I avoid American products if there is a local alternative. Having said that, I do purchase some American products and have no problems with it.

I think the first thing to do is actually *FIND* a product made in the US, then whether or not it is a reasonable price. In NZ, it is currently cheaper to purchase a low end BMW than it is to purchase a Chrysler. The cost of American made goods are astronomical, and the quality certainly doesn't live up to the price attached to the.

As for the article itself, the fact remains that American consumers, both government and private, *REFUSE* to use products from overseas. Its pathetic when you see it. Heck, there are Americans who think that New Zealand had foot and mouth and Made Cow disease - neither one of those diseases have come near our shores in 200 years of being colonised!

I think it is also rich of Americans to call this an anti-American backlash considering that US screams freetradee, but quite happy to subsidise agriculture to the tune of $30billion each year, provide tax breaks to exporters, have extremely high import tariffs and quotas on goods being imported into the US.

Sorry, but trade and everything else is a two way street.