This was discussed at the turn of the century when outsourcing was the wave of the future. Economists and manufacturing experts knew that in-house stuff would h

This was discussed at the turn of the century when outsourcing was the wave of the future. Economists and manufacturing experts knew that in-house stuff would have a large place regardless of what occurred with massive offshore work. We've seen it at my business. Chinese suppliers crush American ones on low-skilled goods but we pay top dollar for intermediaries and local stuff when we can. Scaling is the real key of Chinese manufacturing, though. Cost we can negotiate on and play around with, but speed and scaling? Chinese factories crush the Americans in my line of work.