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Surely if the robots are replacing people then they're not really creating jobs, just taking jobs away from the Chinese. Sure there will be some people manning the robots, but isn't the whole point of using robots to cut down on the human workforce?

Even the robots aren't created in USA - some are Kuka robots from Germany.

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Many simple products are made completely by machine yet have been coming for a long time from places like China. Sometimes it is due to the Chinese owning better machines (e.g. mills in China are generally more advance than their counterparts in America).

3D printers are probably going to be a boost for Mexico and low cost countries in Europe. That is if they get their act together.

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