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America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back

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842 points putzdown | 2 comments | 15 Apr 25 13:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.531s | source
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thctphr ◴[16 Apr 25 12:51 UTC] No.43704834[source]▶
I don't think it's realistic to bring manufacturing back, so to speak. Are the words being taken literally here? Does this truly mean Orange Man wants to bring all manufacturing back to the United States, or do we want to weaken our largest competitor and buy those cheap products in other countries who are less of a threat, speaking in terms of their technological advancement and economical trajectory?
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seanmcdirmid ◴[16 Apr 25 12:55 UTC] No.43704890[source]▶
China has been moving cheap product production to SEA for awhile now, what the USA wants is countries like Vietnam to make cheap products without Chinese involvement in the manufacturing tech and supply chains…which is pretty much impossible.
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1. palmotea ◴[16 Apr 25 12:59 UTC] No.43704939[source]▶
> China has been moving cheap product production to SEA for awhile now, what the USA wants is countries like Vietnam to make cheap products without Chinese involvement in the manufacturing tech and supply chains…which is pretty much impossible.

Not too long ago it was "common knowledge" that the Chinese couldn't do advanced stuff, now it's "common knowledge" you can't do advanced stuff without the Chinese.

Nothing is impossible (at least in this area). If someone says it's impossible, they're really saying "I don't wanna do it."

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2. seanmcdirmid ◴[16 Apr 25 13:12 UTC] No.43705075[source]▶
That’s complete BS. China has been building out this advantage for a couple of decades now, and anyone paying attention knows this. The common knowledge presented by Trump isn’t very useful.

Yes, America too could build out this capability by aggressively investing in it for a couple of decades.