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To: DoodleDawg

Textiles and electronics are two totally different beasts. Textiles are super labor intensive and electronics are not labor intensive at all. But I would argue that with the reduced energy and shipping costs that even textiles could return the USA.


56 posted on 05/13/2019 7:40:09 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Textiles are super labor intensive and electronics are not labor intensive at all. But I would argue that with the reduced energy and shipping costs that even textiles could return the USA.

Consumer electronics - everything from TVs to washers to light bulbs - make up more than half our imports from China. Furniture, textiles, toys, hundreds of other categories of goods are all imported. Reduced energy costs and transportation costs have not been enough in the past to bring them back. Only a high tariff might do that and tariffs can be dropped at a whim, making your investment a money-losing proposition. No business is going to take that kind of risk. They will either continue to buy from China, and pass the tariff on to the consumers, or look for alternate sources from other cheap labor countries.

58 posted on 05/13/2019 7:56:15 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: central_va

Textiles actually have returned to the extent they’re able at this point. There’s a new plant here in NC that has had to resort to a $250 sign on bonus and a $1,000 retention bonus after three months for basic mill employees on the night time 4 days on, 4 days off ten hour shift with paid vacation and group healthcare plan. I’d imagine that a lot of people would find a regular paycheck with benefits while having days free appealing, but they’re struggling to hire enough people.


73 posted on 05/13/2019 9:12:23 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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