[Oldeconomybuyer]

The average import tariff on foot ware is 20%. The EPA, OSHA, and Treasury Department makes it near impossible for Nike to make their products in America.

[central_va]

Seems to me if Nike made there shoes in America they could pocket that 20% right there. It isn't impossible to make shoes in America. It isn't possible to make shoes in America using slave waged workers.

So when is Carrier going to announce a price reduction on air conditioners made in Mexico? How about Ford? When will the drop the price now that labor is basically free? Hmmmm?

Go Trump, screw the globalist cabal doing Marx's bidding. Make it in America!

[central_va]

there shoes = their shoes

[Will88]

The average import tariff on foot ware is 20%. The EPA, OSHA, and Treasury Department makes it near impossible for Nike to make their products in America.

BS. It's all about the cheap labor. Several years ago while Michael Jordan was still playing for the Bulls, a story came out that Nike was playing Jordan and a few other famous athletes more than all its 30,000 factory workers in Asia.

In the past, I've read that sneakers made in Asia have a production cost of around $8 to $12, probably a little higher now.

Nike has healthy profits margins, and also spends incredible amounts on advertising and all the endorsement deals they make with athletes and teams.

As much as some want it to be something else, the primary reason companies move factories from the US to cheap labor nations is: cheap labor.