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But isn't most of the fiscally significant US manufacturing limited to the final assembly of inexpensive components imported from Asia?
by falcolas 5y ago
But isn't most of the fiscally significant US manufacturing limited to the final assembly of inexpensive components imported from Asia?
- jsmith99 5y agoExactly. That's the high value part of the chain: assembling commodity raw materials into specialist goods that poorer countries cannot match.
- username90 5y agoNo, the high value part of the chain is putting your brand label on the final box. There isn't much USA is manufacturing that Asian manufacturers cannot do today except the branding.
- falcolas 5y agoYeah, this. It lets them qualify to claim "Made in the USA", except it wasn't, not really. It was made in (China/India/Japan/Malasya/Mexico/Canada/…) and partially assembled in the US.