Those products were invented in the US. It is cheaper to make them in China.
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Exactly. Should we stop doing that? Should Apple stop exporting jobs?
We could probably do that for a couple of hundred bucks per device. Apple manufacturing employment would be up. Apple automation would be up. Apple would sell fewer iGadgets. Apple sales employment would decline. Fewer people would have iPhones and iPads. Sales to China would decline, probably dramatically.
Personally, I would stick with the current plan.
The current “plan” is leading to our demise.