Today’s factories are incredibly data-robust.
The argument that it’s just too difficult to track where parts come from is just plain bull.
At least for the large corporations, intensive tracking of parts is already done- that’s how they decide where to buy them!
Asian production that moves to Mexico is an obvious benefit to US.
This is article is just silly.
I’ve always wondered how cooperative the Mexicans would be in converting their sweat shop factories into armament plants for the gringos in the event of a war between the USA and Asian powers. My guess they won’t help and try to maintain neutrality.
I have hand-manufactured a small sewing notion for 30 years. It is a perennial in its market and sells without any advertising or promotion in the past 20 years. One of my distributors has wholesale accounts in Canada, so every year, I must fill out a form verifying that all my raw materials are of US origin.
It isn’t a big deal in terms of time. The distributor sends me the form, I sign & return and that’s it. But no one has ever checked. To be honest, I have no way of knowing where my suppliers source their materials. For 23 years, I have assumed the very small American suppliers sell domestic materials and that is what I put on the form. No further verification ha ever been requested.