Boycott of Chinese products and economic relations - when ?

[oktana]

Could this lead to disruption of Arab-Chinese relations in the global economy?

It will definitely affect Arab-Chinese relations if The Arabs really leaves them for another country. But if they won’t go elsewhere and depend on themselves, the Chinese government wouldn’t mind. Just my thoughts.

Chinese products could become cheaper and other nations will buy and sell them in rebranded forms at higher prices to the Arabs. This actually depends on whether a boycott is justified otherwise China wouldn't be affected that much.

I don’t think it’s that easy. The Arabs will definitely make sure that the country that will supply them isn’t importing from China. If it is, what then is the need of directly boycotting them when they are still connected and dependent on China.

[Hispo]

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I used to trust Barack Obama a lot in his efforts to bring US companies back to the country. But it seems it had very limited success. So, yeah, it is indeed very hard.

A geo-economic reorganization as huge as this might take no less than a war for it to happen. The influence of China is so powerful now.

It would not take a war, actually, that kind of thing would destroy the same markets one would be trying to change for the better, you know. Also, whether we like Donald Trump or not, it seemed he was being relatively successful on bringing some companies back to the territory of the United States, specially from auto manufacturing facilities from Mexico and from Asia, you know. I also recall he started a commercial war with Chine by increasing the taxes of all products brought from that country, it was big news back in the day. He used tactics and techniques which no Democrat would have dared to use for the sake of nationalism and protectionism.
Some people would say Trump did not have any idea of what he was doing, because those products being produced in the country would have had been more experience for the average person (the salary in China is not the same in the United States for the same kind of workers), but he seemed not to care about it and just wanted more people to have a job.

Ironically, after all these years, Joe Biden managed to break records on low unemployment and you do not see him rambling about America First or about Chinese commercial wars in live TV. They are two different kinds of politicians, I guess.

[BD Technical]

And I don't know what will happen if you boycott the word, but if Bangladesh boycotts China's products, then Bangladesh may become immobile.  90% of the products of Bangladesh are shipped to Bangladesh by China and a lot goes to Bangladesh.  In that case, the people of Bangladesh use Chinese products more and they call them brothers at low prices, they have become their daily new necessary products.  There is no possibility of boycotting this Chinese product in Bangladesh because the people of Bangladesh are used to using these products.  And in the world market, China is doing well in many countries to know the products or in Pakistan or if you see.  China continues to rule the whole world because China's products are less and more.

[kryptqnick]

I think some countries do that kind of boycotting stuff more than others, and some only do it in case of an active military conflict (or a war). The video only has Turkish subtitles, and I don't speak Turkish, so unfortunately I didn't get a thing of what he was talking about. I tried to find news articles to read about this in English, but couldn't. The only thing I assume I understand from the context of discussion is that it's a religious thing: China is aggressively atheist and is known for its mistreatment of Muslims (namely the Uyghurs) within the country. But that's been going on for a while now, for years. And since there has been no boycott about it so far, I don't think it'll change.
Are there any sources in English, so that we can actually see what's going on? I'm kind of surprised everyone's just being chill and sharing their opinions (do they all know Turkish, or did they just not even open the video?).

[TEBTC]

The way things are now it will be very difficult to boycott Chinese products by the Muslim world or any other continent because china is a force to contend with when it comes to international relations
There is no willingness on the part of the political leaders because they know that just as you have elders in your families china is an elder in the international stage , so it will be hard or nearly impossible for anyone to band Chinese made products

[TravelMug]

I don't know, but me personally or at least some of my friends have boycotted Chinese products, or at least things that you find in groceries, like canned food. I practice reading the labels and seeing where in originated. It's not about the relationship of Chinese with us, although there is conflict regarding the Philippine West Sea that China is forcibly claiming against us. But it's how they package their food as there are news pre pandemic as videos of the Chinese factories circulated around and there are no sanitation whatsoever and it become a hot topic all over the world and so we no longer buy those kind of things and we are very careful about Chinese products.

[TEBTC]

It will be very hard for the Arad world to boycott Chinese products because china has allot of influence on the international community
 The truth is what ever china is doing to it Muslim society everyone in the Arad world is seeing it but there's little or nothing that the Arad world can do
Because at the center of it everything is politics

[Hispo]

I don't know, but me personally or at least some of my friends have boycotted Chinese products, or at least things that you find in groceries, like canned food. I practice reading the labels and seeing where in originated. It's not about the relationship of Chinese with us, although there is conflict regarding the Philippine West Sea that China is forcibly claiming against us. But it's how they package their food as there are news pre pandemic as videos of the Chinese factories circulated around and there are no sanitation whatsoever and it become a hot topic all over the world and so we no longer buy those kind of things and we are very careful about Chinese products.

If it becomes a matter of labeling, then I believe China and Chinese companies would then soon learn not to tag their products according the the origin of their merchandise. It would be enough to fool people who are just willing to check the packages and do it research any further about what they are buying anyways.
About sanitation and the conditions of work for people in China, I believe those would be enough motives for anyone to boycott Chinese products, without having to see further into geopolitical conflicts, in my opinion. Not long ago I saw a documentary film on how people in mainland China actually manages to counterfeit food, actual counterfeits, like fake eggs, fake meat dumplings and things alike.
If those are the things there are willing to allow to circulate in their own market for their own people to consume, one needs to wonder what shady Chinese companies would be willing to ship abroad for foreigners to buy and eat.

[DrBeer]

Yesterday I listened to the speech of the representative of China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_om03YUnbNQ

Actually a few questions:
1. In your opinion, when can we expect an economic boycott of China by the Arab world?
2. Why has this topic been ignored for many decades?
3. What could be the result of the boycott and what impact could it have on the Chinese economy if the Muslim world takes the path of economic pressure on China?
4. Could this lead to disruption of Arab-Chinese relations in the global economy?

1 and 2 : Not soon, why? , because most product nowadays are made of China.  They can produce cheaper products because of their cheaper labor and materials (though you cannot say about if the quality is the same with other manufacturers)
3. If ever there is really a boycott of Chinese products, then the demand of their goods will decrease and their economy will be affected.  However, as I said in #1 and #2, this is really not feasible as of the moment because many countries rely on the product of china, raw materials and labor-wise.
4.  Yes (given that it happens).  We will witness a trade war just like what US and China is doing right now.  I think the major impact that the arab nations to China is if they decided to prevent China from importing oil and gas from them.  Since Arab nations are the major exporter and source of oil and gas, then China will truly suffer if they will not be able to import any.

Yeah, I agree, all right, but....
The reason for this post was to find out if those who are calling for a boycott of Israeli products are really pure in their ideas to protect their Muslim brothers (this is the main reason among those mentioned), and to "punish Israel" for the current conflict, or is it purely political and personal interests ?
As we can see, the Muslim brothers are of course brothers, but ... China and money interest their leaders more and for the sake of profit and realization of their ambitions they easily forget about "Muslim brothers", if it becomes economically unprofitable

So you have shown - that the basis is financial interests and political relations, but not "love for your brother"

[DrBeer]

News about a potential boycott or urging a boycott of Chinese products by the Muslim world has been a recurrent discussion for many years now and springs up at different times for different reasons.

I personally do not think a full boycott sponsored by the state leaders us possible. Trade goes both ways; if a nation is heavily dependent on demand from a certain community, then that community is also heavily dependent on their supply. The process of switching suppliers for products at the quantity and price that is currently available is not an easy one at all.

Of course - because trade with China is profitable, and therefore you can give a damn about your co-religionists. Money does not smell, slogans can be forgotten. But it is not possible to make much money with Israel, and they do not sell them weapons and other prohibited goods, so slogans can be used here. Duplicity, lies, and far-fetched slogans - this is what reality looks like

[NotATether]

It will be very hard for the Arad world to boycott Chinese products because china has allot of influence on the international community
 The truth is what ever china is doing to it Muslim society everyone in the Arad world is seeing it but there's little or nothing that the Arad world can do
Because at the center of it everything is politics

I hear that in Africa, China is already the largest trading partner for many countries.

I don't know about the Middle East though. They are pretty rich on their own though so I wouldn't be surprised if their largest trades with China are oil (and natural gas perhaps) and if the imports are coming mostly from the West.

I am not sure what to make out of this situation.

Obviously for ideological reasons it is much easier for them to boycott Israel products.

[TEBTC]

Caution is always taken when dealing with the issues of china in  any part of the world today because china is like a wind blowing so it is really difficult to control the wind because china has used it population and it trading power in the international community especially giving of loans to countries to hold so many countries hostage so  their excesses can not be told to their face is like many countries are afraid of china
If the economic boycott to Chinese products are possible it will have so much impact on the Chinese economy and unfortunately I don't see that happening in the nearest future