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Which is also very spread out, with an ocean bisecting. Not exactly "skilled workers right across the street" for most of that land.
by dotancohen 1y ago
Which is also very spread out, with an ocean bisecting. Not exactly "skilled workers right across the street" for most of that land.
- arccy 1y agonot just an ocean, the various governments and visas make it hard to move people you need
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoVisas are a political human construct subject to change, not a immovable force of nature. The same visa keeping workers out, can always be removed or changed over night if desired to achieve the opposite effect: move masses of skilled people in. See operation paperclip.
- RobotToaster 1y agoNot just people, parts too. Importing parts from the USA to the UK often takes longer and has more paperwork than from China.
- throwaway3025 1y agoAlso don't forget tolls / tariffs. Building products that relies on parts from different countries (at least from/to USA) reduces the margins compared to a unified Chinese market.
- moring 1y agoChina is huge in area too. You don't have one billion people right across the street. Anything that is across the street is, by definition, a localized thing involving far fewer people, which you can totally have in US+CA+EU too.