What can I reply to I honestly believe that outsourcing production has been a common practice in the business landscape. These factors of cutting costs has had a sufficant impact of motivating companies to outsource the production because the differences in labor laws allows for supply chain networks to cut costs and become more efficient. In the United States, labor laws typically require employers to compensate employees for their hours worked, ensuring fair pay and working conditions. However, in China, labor laws and practices differ, with workers not always receiving compensation based on their hours. Instead, they may be expected to meet production quotas, often necessitating long hours and overtime without guaranteed compensation. I know this from my wife's experience working for a company owned by a couple, who the owner was born in the United States and married his Chinese translator on a business trip to China. My wife managed their distrubution center in Vista, California. When shippments came in from China, they had to source inventory and ship them out to customers as soon as possible, but to avoid shippment delays, the owner's wife would try to have employees work late to get the job done without compensation. The owner would always have to step in a remind his wife that she could not do that.