[central_va]

The same is true for personal computers, TVs, smartphones, etc. Final assembly is relatively labor-intensive, which would make the total cost of production here substantially higher than it is in China and Mexico.

Bologna. There is probably less than one-man hour labor to build a flat screen TV. Heck a passenger car the labor is 30 man-hours.

[riverdawg]

“There is probably less than one-man hour labor to build a flat screen TV. Heck a passenger car the labor is 30 man-hours.”

Even with your estimate of one man hour per flat screen TV, the typical TV is, relative to value, more labor intensive than an automobile. You can but a very nice 40-inch flat screen TV for less than $300. (We just did, two months ago.) I don’t think you can buy a very nice compact car for less than $9,000 (30 x $300). What matters in determining where things are made (apart from transportation cost) is labor content per value created.