> It's hard to just pick up and switch when you are so entrenched. Companies play arbitrage with the costs of doing business in different countries all the tim

> It's hard to just pick up and switch when you are so entrenched. Companies play arbitrage with the costs of doing business in different countries all the time. Union issues at your plant in Mexico? Close it down (taking a "loss") and switch production to India, or China. It happens all the time as externalities change the profit equation, companies will and do react accordingly.