This is kind of like the PCB pricing story, they could be priced competitively but that's not how the market in the US for domestic PCB manufacturing has been

This is kind of like the PCB pricing story, they could be priced competitively but that's not how the market in the US for domestic PCB manufacturing has been setup. It's been setup to target things that must be made here, where pricing is usually dictated by that demand rather than a competitive market rate. If china were taken out of the picture (e.g. JLCPCB) ideally a competitor would attempt to take what was that market. Or not? Maybe the margins are low and this is why it hasn't happened here already.