Except that Jeep has built vehicles in China before, with spotty results. They transferred production of the old Cherokee line there following the introduction of the Liberty, but apparently it didn’t succeed and they haven’t built a vehicle there since 2009 (per the article)
I’m in IT, btw, so know that offshoring work has had mixed results (due to quality contol issues with building products on the other side of the world) and many companies have been pulling work back here to the US because when the additional costs associated with increased defects is factored in offshoring isn’t all that cost effective. So it’s not a good example to use. You’d be better of drawing comparisons with more traditional manufacturing industries, such as textiles.
yet, in spite of any previous issues, GM is creating jobs in China and not the US. Once they iron out any issues this becomes a direct threat to US production due to the cost differences. Maybe this is what is needed to address the larger issues, but, the point being, those larger issues have not been addressed.