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Re:TSMC to make 4nm chips in Arizona for Apple, AMD, Nvidia by helsinkiandrew on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:15AM (#33815259)
I guess its that the Japanese Company can make cars profitably anywhere but making cars for the US market in the US means there's no/less import taxes, also because the factories are huge they often get local tax breaks, and the cars may also eligible for EV/hybrid tax credits (I think Toyota have sold over 200K so there cars can no longer get this).

I think making cars in Mexico for the US became less worthwhile when Trump pulled the US out of NAFTA.

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Re:TSMC to make 4nm chips in Arizona for Apple, AMD, Nvidia by phpisthebest on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:41AM (#33815490)
>US became less worthwhile when Trump pulled the US out of NAFTA.

lol, trump did not "pull the US Out of NAFTA" not only is that not with in the power of the president to do, it was never on the table, NATA was replaced with USMCA, and only made a few small changes, for Automotive that means 75% of the vehicle components must be made in MX, US, or Canada, up from 64% under NAFTA

Nothing in the law would impact making at car in the US vs MX, and was amided at preventing increased parts from China or other non-north american nations

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Re:TSMC to make 4nm chips in Arizona for Apple, AMD, Nvidia by helsinkiandrew on Thursday December 01, 2022 @07:53AM (#33815607)
OK - but he signed a deal with Mexico that replaced it and didn't the new deal mean that more parts had to be from the US and half the car factory workers needed to pay $16 an hour - which would make Mexico less attractive?
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Re:TSMC to make 4nm chips in Arizona for Apple, AMD, Nvidia by phpisthebest on Thursday December 01, 2022 @08:00AM (#33815678)
> didn't the new deal mean that more parts had to be from the US and half the car factory workers needed to pay $16 an hour

Both were proposed changes that were not adopted in the final version.

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