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Although mfg is done in asia/china, not all the parts come from china. Some come out of Japan and Taiwan, although they probably have lines in china due to the low cost and no unions and no environmental regulations.
Boeing is in the Chinese market, their biggest overhead is - security. Constant theft of parts and replacements with shoddy substitutes. I flew on an Air China plane. never again. I have been in rust a wrecks that were safer. shudder.
Recall Mexico and NAFTA. Also note that mexican produced goods got more expensive as more money flowed into that country. When it came time to upgrade assembly lines etc, companies went to china, since the mexican standard of living and base pay went up. The difference with mexico and china though is that the mexicans didn't steal and copy everything they were building. Nor did they have some desire to surpass the US.
As a side consequence - its getting hard for China and other Asian countries to feed their people. All the younger people are rushing into the assembly plants, compared to farming its easier work, and much more money.
Vietnam and Pakistan is now where most textile goods are being produced, like sneakers and jeans. Why? it got too expensive in China!!
John Ratzenberger's Made In America is an interesting show... Toro was featured as well as other companies..
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