Another interesting note I just saw last night on Nightline.
There was much lamenting over this and protestations that with only 14 days left before the Olympics, it was too late to substitute with American made.
Well, a lot of enterprising companies here in the US making various articles of clothing replied to ABC (whose reportage first highlighted the Made in China sticker in an on-air piece) “We can get it done in that time. No problem”.
They even had footage of cheering employees eager for the job and affirming two weeks turnaround time
They have compiled a list of all the companies which contacted them along with which part of the clothing they make and every item in the current wardrobe can be made by a US company in time. They’ve forwarded the list to the USOC.
It will be interesting to see what develops.
And to look on the bright side from one odd angle: this is the first issue in a long time which has sparked total bipartisan agreement.
Interesting.