I guess that's something we'll have to get used too - the former Industrial countries (USA, Western Europe) are going towards a service economy, pushing production into countries where unskilled labor is cheaper. Only special high-tag items (more or less hand made, traditional products) will continue to be produced here.

That's economic reality... mixed with politics. but that doesn't belong here.

Seriously, even household items of the 1970s labeled "Made in Germany" weren't necessarily made there... many of the were actually GDR OEM products.

Or take circuit breakers.... the pretty unique Austrian F&G RCDs were carefully labeled "F&G Austria" but _not_ "Made in Austria"... I didn't even notice that until I saw a GDR made RCD that was a spitting image of the F&G.