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Re:Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess by nwellnhof on Sunday December 16, 2018 @07:14AM (#18692776)
> In fact, it matters so much that most western countries require the country of origin to be stapled onto the product.

AFAIK, country of origin labels aren't required in the EU, although there are efforts to change that.

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Re:Apple Computers Used to Be Built in the U.S. It Was a Mess by gumby on Sunday December 16, 2018 @11:02AM (#18693595)
Interesting. They originated in the 1880s in the UK (still part of the E.U.) in the hope that when people saw that goos were coming from Germany or France they’d reject them.
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