America sells brands. China sells for consumers.

[jcojci]

You are not wrongly seeing that but people see with their perspective and their views so we may have different opinion about USA and China. But USA and China have different consumers so we can't say that USA more focuses on selling lifestyle while China focus more on meeting the needs of consumers first.

Wise consumers will not have a problem whether that is USA or China product but they will looking the product that have a long term usable and not just one used only product.

Those who can make an innovative product which will needed by consumers will takes the position and that will not just from USA and China but also from other countries.

[yudi09]

Consumers choose to buy goods and services they need, not brands. Perhaps coincidentally, certain American-made brands have endured because they maintain their quality and perhaps quantity.

I need coffee and want to buy it. If the coffee I buy at one store doesn't satisfy my taste, I might look for another store, even if it's a little more expensive.
Vehicles, like clothing, are the same. For me, everything depends on need and convenience. Products from China may be cheaper, but if the quality is low, I'll have to spend more money. It's better to buy expensive items with good quality. Buy once for the long term.

[mindrust]

It is a good cop bad cop situation if you ask me. It doesn't matter as long as you keep buying. If you buy from Apple, US benefits from your purchase but China also benefits since Apple products are made in Chiiiinaaaa. If you buy from China directly, then your home country will benefit since they put taxes on the imports from Chiiiiiiinaaaaa. As long as you keep spendin, nothin else be matterin.

I like Chinese products thoe. They are not shit quality anymore like they used to. Most of the time they are equal if not worse than the American brands.

[Porfirii]

There are still more than enough pure US products.
Not everyone produces in China and ships it to the US to sell it locally.
Timber, Bricks, metal, Chips you name it.

But Media tends to think in 2 ways. Black and white thinking is the culprit of many mainstream media.

I will say global supply chains has make things more connected than before, alot product that people do call it America or Chinese actually gets it's materials or parts from other countries, that's why is not that easy to separate everything into two sides. Rather than putting focus on where and how products are coming from, it will be much better to also look whether the product brings good value for money and solves problems for consumers.

Now that you mentioned global supply chains, here's another point that may be relevant to analyse to understand why things may be this way right now.

For decades, the United States has exported its products to end users around the world. They paid China in dollars for raw materials or semi-finished products at low prices to recover those same dollars by selling them finished products with high added value.

But, for years, China has been interested in creating a global distribution network that lowers transport costs. We have seen it clearly in Europe with Aliexpress. At this point in the process, it is logical that they are interested in selling quality products at a lower price, but what will happen when they have achieved the ability the USA have to reach consumers around the world?

I don't think they sell cheap and convenient products out of a conviction of what is better or fairer for the consumer. When the time comes, if they can, they will probably take the next step, which is to sell the smoke we are used to.

[Agbamoni]

At the same time both countries are making it big in the manufacturing and production industry. America sells brand, bringing in millionaires and billionaire to spend a lot. While China sells affordable products to large consumers. The business is profitable because both counties meet their demand and supply, they also meet the right target audience.

[Ishicryptic]

From my own personal observation in Nigeria, I don't think that we have American products in our market, if we have them it must be for exclusive markets but for what the majority of the people buys are Chinese products. What I know that America, is renowned for is supply of military weapons and their market is exclusively for the government, I don't think that there are much American products on local shops. Chinese products have really saturated the African market and I wouldn't be surprised if the same is applicable in other continents of the world. Imagine looking at everything in your house and like 70% of everything are from China, this is how huge Chinese products are in demand.

[tabas]

You're not seeing it wrongly but that's a good observation. And not just with those industries that you've mentioned because even in the AI, space race and other advancement and innovation that we're seeing, both countries are into competition. There's also this propaganda long time ago that if it's china-made, it's not sturdy because it's cheap. But that seems to be changing these days, we see owner of Ford driving a Xiaomi electric car although there's a reason behind that to know their competitors well. China has got a lot of resources and they've got centralized production and factories for every product they sell globally.

[YOSHIE]

Do you think America is selling brands while China is selling for consumers, or do you think both countries are doing the same thing in different ways?

China and the US have very different strategies in terms of product marketing or product sales, currently no country can beat China's sales strategy or trade methods. Even though the US could do it, the facts on the ground didn't last long.

As you said, China tends to focus more on competitive prices for consumers, as well as the way they adapt features, America certainly focuses more on brand equity, lifestyle or prestige.

The fact is that in the market we can see.
Before China releases goods, in general they look at the economic side of society level by level, they are more focused on solving consumer economic problems, where goods are affordable and accepted throughout the world en masse, they focus on just selling goods.
While the US sells goods based on status and those with an established economy such as Apple or Nike products, the focus on brand prestige value is what differentiates China from the US.

But what's exciting about these two countries is that even though they have differences in sales strategies, they both adopt each other to achieve a level of global marketing prestige, of course to provide better functions to consumers.

[uneng]

America sells brands, China sells faked brands.

Jokes aside, even though China is master in selling cheap stuff, they are also advancing on developing their own products. Nowadays there are chinese products for every tastes and budgets. They are smart, because they managed to stay competitive in the global scenario, much more than the goods produced by european countries and US, because they offer more affordable prices for majority of the world, which is composed by people who have limited budgets.

US and Europe focus on more restrict niches of customers, while China focuses the biggest portion of the market.

[WillyAp]

Jokes aside, even though China is master in selling cheap stuff, they are also advancing on developing their own products.

That reputation they go due to buyer preferences.
Most businesses go for cheaper even if that product won't last long.
Wholesale buyers from allover the word flocked to buying the cheapest even though the Chines offered a better quality for a higher price.