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Flip side. Americans could see (near-fully automated) manufacturing return as china is no longer cheaper.

• indymike 4y ago
  Here in the midwest that is exactly what is happening.
• Fargren 4y ago
  Wouldn't manufacturing tend to move to the next cheapest place, rather than to the USA? Not that I know where that would be, maybe India or Latin America?
  • mjevans 4y ago
    The south-east Asia countries near China or maybe costal areas of Africa? It would help if they have a stable government and resistance to climate change.
  • spaceman_2020 4y ago
    Way more complicated than simply "next cheaper place". Modern manufacturing has long, really, really long supply chains. You also need a mix of labor (low-end, mid-range, high-end). The Chinese-focused East-Asian manufacturing worked because you could get mid-range labor from China/Malaysia, low-end from interior parts of China/Vietnam/Bangladesh, and high-end labor from Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Latin America is a good candidate because of the easy availability of raw materials and short supply lines to America. But their internal stability is a huge problem.