It does if you’ve read anything about how much of China’s advantage is colocation and integration: those long supply chains add delay and cost. Apple rather fam

It does if you’ve read anything about how much of China’s advantage is colocation and integration: those long supply chains add delay and cost. Apple rather famously had problems manufacturing the MacPro in Texas not because of anything exotic but from challenges getting basic things like screws which were easily available near their factories in China.