Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by emiliosic on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:38AM
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The problem isn't much about labor costs in the US, but the dismantling of the supply chain.
Even Apple had problems sourcing screws when building a handful of its computers in the USA, which is well documented.
To re-build a domestic supply-chain, one has to start somewhere.
China started by exporting 'low-tech' products (plastic utensils, some toys) and it inexorably moved up the chain while USA and Europe eventually divested of much of their manufacturing infrastructure.
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by awinder on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:40AM
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Yep this is a good answer. And it follows that if you’re serious about this issue & don’t just like to hear yourself talk, you should go do the work at the low level. It peeves me off to no end to see the lack of seriousness around this. It’s the same exact lack of seriousness that people had before the iraq invasion, and I pitched a fit then for no gain and I’ll do it again too!