> if worse comes to worse bring manufacturing back to the US
If these tariffs are on components and not manufactured goods, then it seems like it would push manufacturing into China, not bring it back to the US.
If these tariffs are on components and not manufactured goods, then it seems like it would push manufacturing into China, not bring it back to the US.
Compare that to even cheap US labor rates and it's a no-brainer.
In 2018, it's a whole lot easier to avoid doing any manufacturing in the US than it is to avoid using any components made in China; and both approaches avoid the tariff as written.
If the goal is to bring back component manufacturing, they need to go back to the drawing board.
These whole shenanigans are quite transparent, really, aren't they?