I think it is rhetorical question, more to the point of domestic production itself. Consider that manufacture something in a foreign country, transport it 21,0

I think it is rhetorical question, more to the point of domestic production itself. Consider that manufacture something in a foreign country, transport it 21,000 km by sea and it is still cheaper than doing it in-house. This may sound awesome. But digging deeper, a nation that favors import before domestic production, drawn to its extremes, can put itself at economic and geopolitical risk.