Originally Posted by
PJL
I think the outcome would be the same . The cost of relocating back to the US , to produce products that can be made cheaper in China , would be difficult to do . Maybe not impossible ..........you'd be saving on freight costs by making and selling domestically - but in the global market you'd be competing with China on price . Someone in the supply chain would have to take a cut in margins , to make this viable. The big mistake was letting the work go offshore in the first place. In Australia , we face a similar problem ......but there has been a growing trend towards Australian made - what makes that more viable , is that it involves direct sales through websites and online marketing , which cuts out the retail sector completely .....in the US , the Wallmarts and Home Depot chains (etc) are almost totally geared to cheap Chinese imports , which makes your equation very difficult to do.