brands like starbucks gillette and nike have devoted customers in china but the prolonged discord among political leaders could erode the soil base. the chinese buy more consumer products from america than they do from any other foreign country including japan and south korea american brands have grown to be such a status symbol in china's growing middle class that many cannot imagine life without the. young could no more trade between the two countries has reached far and wide people in both countries cannot live without the other nations products the us cannot live without china and china cannot live without us products either. but that sentiment is tempered by the growing popularity of chinese made products which often cost only a fraction of their u.s. competitor. if agreements cannot be made i will have my own preference of choice in terms of famous brands of us close to me their prices are already pretty expensive if trade agreements are cooperation cannot be made i will prefer to buy our local brands instead. yeah. but at the moment china remains vital to many u.s. brands that co