I still stand by the suspicion that specialized and giant along with quite a few other big names employ more people in the uk than many uk based brands.
I know the Harrogate Specialized shop alone employs more people than on one in their office.
plus if people in china and Germany held the same "only buy local" policy my company would see its exports drop by over 50% and exports are 75% of our business which is based in a rural community employing a large chunk of the locals.
as such I couldn't give two hoots where my bike bits come from, its all food on someones plate.