[Zhang Fei]

China is the 11th largest source of steel imports. How can this be about China?

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The gist here is that many of those products that have a Made in Italy label are actually mostly made in China, but qualify for a Made in Italy label because a trivial amount of value-added was tacked on in Italy.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/06/news/economy/us-steel-vietnam-china-tariffs/index.html
American steelmakers complained last year that Chinese companies appeared to be avoiding huge tariffs by diverting products to Vietnam for “minor processing” before they were shipped to the U.S.

[DoodleDawg]

American steelmakers complained last year that Chinese companies appeared to be avoiding huge tariffs by diverting products to Vietnam for “minor processing” before they were shipped to the U.S.

We import less steel from Vietnam than we do from China.

[Alberta's Child]

U.S. companies have been doing that for decades. Import a shirt from Malaysia and have the buttons sewn on here in the U.S., then put a “Made in the USA” label on it.