I wonder, over the years, if there have been any companies/business in the US, that has copied products / ideas from other countries and produced them here?
Frankly, that's the problem with China - they (government and business) will steel what ever from the rest of the world. Is it a good thing  or a bad thing, that this goes on? It's been proven many times over - quality and reliablity is lacking from these Asian knockoff's . .  .  . their bottom line is to profit quickly - not long term.