[vette6387]

So if China is already resorting to robotic assembly, why not just do it here and save the transportation costs?

[Monty22002]

Real good question

[RightGeek]

Yes - might as well do it here except for the tax advantages of doing it outside the USA.

[Jim Robinson]

I read that they pay only 2% in corp taxes in China vs whatever it would cost here.

[Swordmaker]

So if China is already resorting to robotic assembly, why not just do it here and save the transportation costs?

Transportation costs of the completed product are the least of the price. . . It's the ability to get the components to the assembly plant that are the sticking point. Many of those are made around the world and in China and getting all of those to the assembly point in a timely matter in a just as needed inventory system is a problem in the US.