Apple's statements on the reason for non-US based manufacturing has been that it is not the labor cost but the (lack of domestic) skills that drive them abroad.

Apple's statements on the reason for non-US based manufacturing has been that it is not the labor cost but the (lack of domestic) skills that drive them abroad. The Mac Pro, a low volume flagship product, was long the only US manufactured product, until Apple announced it was moving offshore a well. Apple gets tariff exemptions on the import of the parts for the machines, so it can do the assembly in Austin. Meanwhile Apple is shifting a very significant volume of manufacturing away from China to ... India. Both Apple and the Administration get to send out 'feel good' PR.