[Nuke]

You kind of have to trust the sticker. Because it's not a simple determination. I mean if it works the same way for cars as it does for other equipment. For example, let's say they build the transmission in Japan for $1000, then ship it to the US. Then they spend 10 hours at $100 an hour cleaning and painting it with $20 of paint (10 x 100 + 20 = $1020). Now it is 51% US. That's right, it's American made. Legally.

We used to do that with Chinese valves. We would just order different packing than what they normally come with. So the supplier would buy them from Taiwan, ship them to the US, charge a bunch of money for changing the packing, and, batabing bataboom, they meet the FARS and DFARS as American made.

It gets worse. Even though they cost more than twice what they would normally sell for, they were still cheaper than a valve that was actually made in America. And they were available with a shorter lead time. The quality was good too.

My point is, you just have to trust the sticker, because the truth is a little had to discern.

It's also my humble opinion that the Buy America Act and other protectionist legislation designed to incumber free trade is never worth the paper it's printed on. It's burdensome and inneffective.