Iraqis seemed to have acquired a taste for American-brand products. Under the rule of Saddam Hussein all American products were banned so now they are becoming very popular. What I found interesting in this article is that one of the shop owners said that American products have a great reputation for quality. But, among some of the goods sold include, Froot Loop cereal, and marlboro cigarettes. I hardly consider these items to be quality. Nevertheless the Iraqi people feel these well-known brands mean higher quality. Since these goods are imported though and hard to come by these days with the ongoing conflict I wonder what price they are paying for these quality goods. I hardly believe these people are paying a fair price but the article does not say. The most interesting point was that shop owners feel safe selling these products, and I'm not sure what the reasoning is behind that.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-08-02-iraq-week_N.htm
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I think it is the same everywhere where slogans of anti-America are high, at the private life level people crave for American products. When S. Korea was poorer than now, people used to go crazy for any product made in USA, but not any more. When you can have easy access to it with globalization those products lose values for rarity. I guess it is in human nature.
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