There's an underappreciated aspect of domestic manufacturing which is that it makes supply chains simpler. In China, it's not uncommon to order direct from the

There's an underappreciated aspect of domestic manufacturing which is that it makes supply chains simpler. In China, it's not uncommon to order direct from the manufacturer. Someone at the factory will hand your order direct to China's equivalent of Fedex and it will arrive at your front door 3 days later. Containerization forces the insertion of middlemen. Someone is in charge of breaking down a container and then storing it in a warehouse with a bunch of other products that can all get shipped at once to a consumer. The hidden tax from so many more people being involved in the supply chain is underestimated by a lot of people.