This is one of many problems with manufacturing products in the western world. Not only is shipping usually much cheaper ~than~ from China (and you have to get

This is one of many problems with manufacturing products in the western world. Not only is shipping usually much cheaper ~than~ from China (and you have to get the parts from east Asia anyway, most of the time), you also need to deal with a whole host of certifications, export restrictions and generally convoluted bureaucracy. It sometimes seems that the rules are designed to scare off hardware (and other) startups. Basing yourself in China you can manufacture cheaper, sidestep most of these issues and basically chuck uncertified products with shoddy and falsely filled customs labels at customers everywhere. If we actually want electronics manufacturing to come back, we'll have to sort those problems out, small enterprises matter too, not just the ones wealthy enough to have this sorted out by sheer brute force.