tax attorney los angeles – Public has mixed feelings over boycotting China

<p>Turkish civil society organizations are in consensus over boycotting China wholesale products in response to ethnic violence in China’s Muslim-populated Xinjiang region and are considering ways to implement such a boycott.</p> <p>But the public seems to have mixed feelings about the possibility of conducting a campaign against China wholesale products. Some say a boycott should be launched while others say it would not be a good solution. Speaking with Today’s Zaman, Ahmet Demirel, 29, a civil servant, stated: “It is true that it will be hard to boycott China wholesale products, but we must try our best. If a product is imported from China, we should certainly not buy it.”</p> <p>Sanem Erken, 26, an assistant tax attorney los angeles auditor, argued that boycotting <a rel="nofollow" onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);" href="http://www.cnbuyersagent.com/">China wholesale products</a> in response to the situation in Xinjiang is not a solution, adding, “We should consider Turkey’s foreign trade and look for diplomatic solutions.” Turkey has gained little, if not lost, from trade with China. Turkey had a trade deficit of about $14 billion with China last year.</p> <p>China wholesale products have flooded world markets. From electronics to home goods and textiles to toys, Chinese goods have entered all sectors in Turkey as well. According to a report by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat), Turkey imported $1.394 billion worth of <a rel="nofollow" onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);" href="http://www.cnbuyersagent.com/">products from China</a> in May 2008 and $980 million in May of this year. Speaking with Today’s Zaman, civil society representatives expressed their discontent over these figures.</p> <p>At present, there is no government policy on the issue, but society at large and NGOs in particular have started to think about the possibility of a boycott. Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) head Sinan Aygün noted that he supports Ergün. “I cannot understand why Turkey still does nothing while there is genocide in Xinjiang. If there is genocide against Muslims, we must immediately start a boycotting campaign to teach the Chinese government a lesson. If consumers do not buy these products, the government will not <a rel="nofollow" onClick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);" href="http://www.cnbuyersagent.com/">import from China</a>,” he said, adding that they are ready to help formulate a plan for the campaign and put it into action.</p> <p>Bayram K?s?kl?, head of the Consumers Foundation (TÜKO), however, described a slightly different approach from Ba?aran and Aygün. “In the past, there have been such campaigns against French or other foreign goods, but we saw that they were in vain. Still, we can tell society, ‘Do not buy Chinese goods,’ but it doesn’t really help because Chinese goods are being sold all around the world and the purchasing power of society is really low in Turkey,” he said. Noting that it should not be the government that starts such a campaign, he stated that they, as nongovernmental organizations, could react while keeping the doors of diplomacy open. “However, we should not be silent like sheep,” he added.</p> <p>By PINAR SARIKAMAN ANKARA</p>