ballabriggs:

Some of the arguments with identitying a countries exports can be seen in trade under NAFTA between US and Mexico. If someone exports a shirt to the US from Mexico, we say it is a Mexican export and it moves without barriers. However this shirts could have been partly finished in China and only the buttons fixed in Mexico.

Do we still then say it is a Mexican export? Do we say it us a Chinese export?

These are issues that are subject to never ending debates in the globalisation and trade literature. We can go on and on arguing this and we will never get definite answers to some of these questions as economists.

This is even a straightforward case, there are more complex cases with identitying exports from a country.

If you want more read on this, refer to Krugman's, International Economics: theory and policy, to have a better understanding.

A-town:


There is nothing complex about it. If the country makes earnings from it while selling/transferring it to another country, it is an EXPORT. In your example, if money exchanged hands between china and Mexico, it is a chinese export to Mexico. The finished product is a Mexican EXPORT to the US.

abysirius: To me, Chinese dishes are overrated! It's just hype.

I remember last year December. It was our end of the year lunch party at d office and my Chairman decided that we order for Chinese rice. I couldn't even wait for it to come all becos of what my Frnd has told me. But alas! Its taste was neither here nor there. It's just there! Another kinda of food with nothing special. I think the probs is with nigerians all wanting to feel foreign. We easily embrace anythin frm Oyinbo pple. Just my thought anyway...

Nuzo':
@Topic

1. Nigerian indigenous foods are not healthy for consumption. It contains a lot starch, carbohydrate and fat.

2. They smell awful (especially when ogiri is added) for new comers.

3. Nigerians are very good in integrating into other peoples' cultures and therefore lacks the needs to identify or popularize their own wherever they find themselves in. I.e A third generation Somali/Ethiopian/Italian/Chinese American living in America knows more about his culture than his host country. While even a first generation Nigerian cannot even speak his Nigerian language even before he left Nigeria 3 years ago....imagine what his children and grand children will turn out to be.

4. Most Nigerian food are not nutritious.

5. Most Nigerian food are hard to prepare.

cocoduck:

If I believe any of these rubbish you just typed I can as well believe that pigs can fly.

ballabriggs:


lol you actually think it is that simple.

Do you actually think the US will accept it as a Mexican export?

What I've just given you is an example of the issues with NAFTA.

Nuzo':


No no no.

You don't have to stress yourself to believe anything I say...its just my own opinion. I'm sure you have yours.

Cheers!

Mamacita007: For example, our fried rice is just like regular Chinese combination rice with peas, green beans & minced meat

Hispanics eat fried plantain, beans & rice like us

we use fresh ingredients & vegetables too

we can make our food either spicy or non spicy

naija food is not expensive

why is our food not so popular like others?

cocoduck:
This opinion of yours is a product of a typical nigerian mentality. everything foreign is better than everything local. if you don't like the smell of ogiri others do. don't impose your myopic opinion on them or you are just a booty scratcher.

CFCfan:
That's what I'm saying. There aren't many small Nigerian restaurants in the U.S. either. I don't blame our people to much sha, because here in Southern California, one has to pony up close to $10,000 to set up a decent restaurant, due to the taxes, utility bills and supplies.

silica: But please get in touch with me, if u are serious and lets talk business.

silica:

i didnt know its that cheap to set up a restaurant in California. if you have the market and the managerial proficiency, i think $10,000 is a small amount to start a good business. but maybe its because am in Nigeria and not in the US, and such amount may appear small. But please get in touch with me, if u are serious and lets talk business.

kekakuz: the chinese are about 2 billion and chinese is chinese
but naija get over 300 language yet you want our food to be as international as theirs,

take note maurice
from now on, chao mein in my main chao

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Amefrica:

This boy where you see tread . Grow up! U were born in 1997, does that halt u from being matured?

Tread ko, needle nii..

Idrismusty97: Lol,where did i wrote write tread.Change your chiko phone

Amefrica:

You may want to modify this too..

Idrismusty97: Whatever

Idrismusty97: [size=24pt] This Trend has been closed [/size]

Amefrica:

This boy where you see tread . Grow up! U were born in 1997, does that halt u from being matured?

Tread ko, needle nii..

Idrismusty97: Lol,where did i wrote tread.Change your chiko phone

Amefrica:

You may want to modify this too..

Idrismusty97: Whatever

Amefrica:

olarwarlay:
You guys got me laughing real hard....

@Idrismusty97 - I take it that you don't know how to modify your post 'coz you sure could have done that already.

Amefrica:

Hey bro! There some fresh air in here.. Jez catching fun!

Idrismusty97: Lol.Thanks for the correction anyway

olarwarlay:

I can see you really catching it.... Enjoy jare my brother.

ballabriggs:

You also have Nigerian restaurants like those ones. The question is, how popular is an Ethiopian dish?

silica:

i didnt know its that cheap to set up a restaurant in California. if you have the market and the managerial proficiency, i think $10,000 is a small amount to start a good business. but maybe its because am in Nigeria and not in the US, and such amount may appear small. But please get in touch with me, if u are serious and lets talk business.