Correct, in the majority of cases these products are not designed by an individual brand with the intent to sell under their own brand name but by a Chinese supplier manufacturing with the sole purpose of US market resellers white labeling these goods.
The vast majority of today’s buyers prefer to purchase faceless copies of the same sub-par garbage regurgitated under any given brand name. The country the goods originated from is becoming less and less of a reliable marker to indicate the actual quality of the goods.
We lack the raw materials and machinery for most automotive manufacturing in North America. For example silicone compression molding large parts such as automotive interior mats requires extremely large presses that cannot be found outside of China. ??