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Red herring. Brazil has some massive import duties, and cut a special deal with Foxconn for local manufacturing. The economic analysis is severely thrown off.
by nknight 15y ago
Red herring. Brazil has some massive import duties, and cut a special deal with Foxconn for local manufacturing. The economic analysis is severely thrown off.
- jonknee 15y agoAccording to the article they need to be assembled in China because of the supply chain. I don't see how import duties suddenly make the supply chain work on the other side of the globe.
- nknight 15y agoYou can make anything work given enough money. It will cost them substantially more to manufacture the devices in Brazil, but this may be more than offset by lack of import duties and the tax deal.