It's an issue here in the U.K. too. There doesn't seem to be any products that are clearly labelled as British-made. Our car industry has gone, what was once a stalwart of all things British.."Marks and Spencer" has most of its clothing made abroad. A great success story of recent times was the innovative Dyson vaccuum company who has recently announced the transfer of manufacture to parts abroad. These foreign factories must be temporary constructions to allow the manufacturers to move quickly as once- weak economies become strong again so they can bail out and shift production to the latest economic casualty. It won't be long before it all comes back, because our own economy will make us the poor relation of Europe and the cycle continues. I've always been under the impression, from my visits to the U.S.A., that Americans were a patriotic lot and I'm suprised at the amount of foreign merchandise available.