I believe every item sold in the U.S. should have a flag of the country of origin on its packaging or display.
My wife bought a container of honey made in northern Michigan, my home state. The next time she was at the (same) store, she picked up an almost identical carton but this honey was imported from Brazil. Why do we even need Brazilian honey? But that isn’t my point. I want to be able to look down an aisle of a store and at a glance know where the American made items are. I don’t want to have to search the label for every item. I don’t even want to have to think about it. I could walk past all those Chinese, Taiwanese, etc flags and then decide if I prefer the U.S. made item…whether it’s a carton of honey, a basketball, lamp or a car. Granted it gets a little sticky when it comes to cars because many vehicles share parts from several countries…which is all the more reason to label these products. I was told by my brother-in-law that the car with the most U.S. made parts is a Honda!
I recently wrote to five U.S. senators about this issue. I got form letters back from each. Senator Carl Levin’s office sent me (dated) information about C.O.O.L. COOL is an acronym for country of origin labeling. This was a provision in the Farm Bill (Farm Security and Rural Investment Act). It was signed into law in 2002. The final provisions are becoming mandatory on March 16, 2009! This was enacted to provide added levels of safety for imported food items, mainly beef and pork but for all perishables. Why it has taken so long to implement this is beyond me but it speaks volumes for how inefficient our legislators really are. I still believe they will help this cause because it’s critical for our economy and there are many Americans who WANT to buy U.S. made goods to support American companies, their workers and their families but we can’t be bogged down with hunting tiny “made in the USA” stamps on each and every item when shopping.
This will also help identify illegal goods coming into the U.S. Take toothpaste for example. Last year, toothpast was imported from China with packaging identical to the American made item. Inspectors would have a much easier time spotting these goods arriving off the boat from China if they had American flags on them. By the way, this morning I checked my tube (and its box) of Crest toothpaste. It does not indicate where it was made….Just “distributed in Cincinnati, Ohio”.
I understand it’s a world economy but there are people out there who we support (financially) that just don’t like us and I think flags would be a big help making more informed decisions.

Chinese engineered products are usually the result of corporate espionage.

Yes, China has a huge manufacturing base - but that is just due to an outsized underpaid "slave-like" population.

Most products coming out of China are engineered and designed in the US (think Apple products)

Even China's space program is a blatant and poorly done parody of the US Gemini and Apollo programs.

Take a look at any US university with a strong school of engineering and you will find a largely Chinese student body

Bill Clinton made arrangements to hire a large qty of Chinese into varous tech postions throughout government and we are still suffering from the espionage and sabotage they did to us and continue to root spies out of the defense industry.

That being said my answer is a resounding "NO" I will never drive a Chinese manufactured vehicle or even an allegedly US vehicle manufactured outside the US so my choices are very limited (I drive a Jeep Wrangler). Twenty years ago I vowed I would be the last human driving a gasoline powered vehicle although I am willing to flex on this position and go Hybrid - my only requrement being that it is manufactued in the USA

I personally don't care much for the American cars. When it comes to my electronics, and cars, I prefer Japanese. I would never buy a Chinese made car. They hate us, so it would probably be a deathtrap. I prefer the Japanese motor companies like Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Subaru or Honda. They made good cars. Food and GM, not so much.

BRAVO Sid - two thumbs up ! and you are correct about Honda, for some reason CEO's and politicians don't understand the trouble we are in when it is cheaper for Japanese car companies to build their products in this country and American car companies have to build in Canada and Mexico (Ford transmissions in India)

Truthbringer - arguably the best audio equipment made McIntosh (not Apple related) is a US company owned by a Japanese company

I don't think the average Chinese citizen hates US citizens - they have bigger things to worry about - like their government trying to kill them for instance.
But when a country of 1.3 Billion has their economy based solely on the consumer spending habits of a country of 300 million things are looking kind of grim

Globalization is KILLING jobs and economies globally

You read all the time about how countries are constantly protesting even the most remote possibility that the US is practicing "protectionism" the reason is because EVERY country is reliant on the US consumer. it is truly pathetic. They want us to give them money but they want our jobs as well

Every country needs to be economically and agriculturally self sustaining other wise you get the exact kind of mess we are in right now, Countries need to cooperate with each other but not rely on each other