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Time to boycott U.S. products?

(33 Posts)
Rula Wed 12-Mar-25 08:11:23

What about all those satellites that we use and rely on on a daily basis? We'd all be totally lost.

USA owns 2 thirds, Elon Musk owning the majority. I'm sure you'd not be happy if they disappeared!

ferry23 Wed 12-Mar-25 08:01:51

Kraft-Heinz will be difficult to avoid. It's quite difficult these days to trace the provenance of our food products because the brand names remain but the parent company changes.

It's a bit like trying to trace your ancestors when the surnames are constantly changing.

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 12-Mar-25 07:38:51

I'm with this, and have already started. Small things matter - fair-trade products were niche at one time.
Two honourable (ish?) exceptions - both Starbucks and Coca Cola have refused to rescind their DEI programmes.
Poor Mr Trump, what will the cola - loving POTUS do?

LookForward Wed 12-Mar-25 07:18:25

Burger king (Canadian) rather than Mc Donalds, Branston rather than Heinz,

It's the tech stuff that's harder, Google will be the last to go, but I've started - I'm using DuckDuck go and Firefox.

I've stopped using Amazon - difficult but not impossible - 1 month in and have found lots of alternative suppliers. i have found a way of emailing books bought elsewhere to my kindle.

And to all those who say, well we can't do x because y, well perhaps not, but Trump and his cronies only understand money, and if boycotts hit them in their pockets, they may just pause. Look at Tesla!

If we do nothing, they won't change.

We must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Doodledog Tue 11-Mar-25 22:48:54

I think it would be a good idea to have a law that insists on all products being labelled with their country of origin (maybe with a percentage of component parts listed where relevant). That way, people could make informed decisions about what to buy.

keepingquiet Tue 11-Mar-25 22:38:59

I don't buy from any of those companies anyway- although I do sometimes go to TK Maxx didn't know it was American. I don't buy Skechers, have boycotted Disney for years, don't have Netflix and never buy Californian Wine.

Let's me off the hook then...?

Babs03 Tue 11-Mar-25 22:33:39

I think is impossible but good on Canada for giving it a go. Trump’s treatment of Canada is indefensible. I think all of Europe and the UK should buy from Canada.

TiggyW Tue 11-Mar-25 22:29:54

Canada is boycotting U.S. products. Perhaps we should do the same? Only problem is - which products? McDonald’s, Starbucks and TK Maxx spring to mind. What other American products do we buy? Skechers? Disney? Netflix? Californian wine?