China blames US designs for exports problems
China strongly defended the quality of its exports today, saying some problems were a result of varying global product standards and that a mass recall of toys was largely a result of faulty US designs, not Chinese workmanship.
Li Changjiang, the head of one of China’s quality watchdogs, said “the different standards that China and the US apply to different products” have been at the root of some of the recent tensions.
“That would lead to difficulty in defining whether a product is problematic,” Li, director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said at a news conference. He did not elaborate.
Li’s comments were the latest in China’s attempts to prove it is working to overcome its safety woes and is a trustworthy manufacturer for both its people and the world. But continuing discoveries of high levels of chemicals and toxins in Chinese goods – from toothpaste and clothes to fish and juice – have made salvaging its reputation an uphill task.
Earlier this month, Mattel Inc recalled
