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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by bch on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @01:36PM (#11771559)
What about this[0] move by Adidas pulling Asian production back to Germany (but now completed by robots instead of humans). Clearly a loss for factories in Asia, but much of a win for anybody but Adidas ?

[0] http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/adidas-pulls-b...

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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by reality_hacker on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @02:10PM (#11771827)
There is a win for Germany: - more opportunities for high skilled robotics engineers, so they can stay at home, and don't move to US - tax income for country, which can be spend wisely.
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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by Kadin on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @02:19PM (#11771890)
Sure, it's great for Germany. Those robots don't maintain themselves.
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