while you are technically correct, most people would consider an iphone american, a samsung korean and a huawei chinese phones. although silicone, transistors, pcbs, etc. are from the same places you mentioned. assembly is likely china for anything requiring soldering…
here are some USB stick brands and where their home base (and most of the money) is:
- samsung - south korea
- sandisk - usa
- kingston - usa
- intenso - germany
- hama - germany
- philips - germany / netherlands
- disk2go (office world group) - switzerland
- toshiba - japan
- adata - taiwan
as you can see, there are many non-american companies selling USB memory. you get to choose where most of the money goes. we both know most of the 30 plus bucks you pay, does not go to the people doing the soldering.
edit: change manufacturers to brands for accuracy
there should be a rule that, if you sell stuff, which produces rubbis - you have to provide enough bins for said trash.