On Monday, April 8, 2019 at 1:58:12 AM UTC+1, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:09:22 +0700, wrote:

There is a law that covers a "Made in U.S.A." statement. From memory
it doesn't mean that the entire thing was made in the U.S. but that
the majority was, or something of that nature.

"Complying with the Made in USA Standard"
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-made-usa-standard
Marketers and manufacturers that promote their products as
Made in USA must meet the "all or virtually all" standard.

Note that this document was scribbled in 1998 and is probably in need
of revision.

So the "Designed in Wisconsin" probably means that the design and
specifications were done there and the actual manufacturing done
elsewhere.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/complying-made-usa-standard
Example: A company designs a product in New York City and
sends the blueprint to a factory in Finland for manufacturing.
It labels the product "Designed in USA - Made in Finland."
Such a specific processing claim would not lead a reasonable
consumer to believe that the whole product was made in the
U.S. The Customs Service requires the product to be marked
"Made in," or "Product of" Finland since the product is of
Finnish origin and the claim refers to the U.S.

Actually this type of design - manufacture process is not uncommon.
Caterpillar, for example, manufacturers several types of their
equipment in Indonesia, Cummins makes several models of their diesel
engines in China, and so on. Both Cat and Cummins give exactly the
same guarantee for the Asian made equipment as they do for the U.S.
made.

I would think that Trek should have labeled their bicycles as
"Made in China - Designed in Wisconsin".

"Are Trek Bikes Made in the USA"?
https://allamericanreviews.com/trek/

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Apple, whose phones, tablets, computers, etc are made in China, describe them as "Designed in California". I can't for a moment imagine they'd do that, and get away with it, if it were not legal.

AJ