no, we didn’t farm it out ~ we handed it over to the machines. didn’t you see the news that American costs of production have fallen so much we are now in head to head competition with China and their underemployed hundreds of millions of people. http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/is-us-manufacturing-coming-back/
Port facilities would be built, but good point, the Chinese would build (and have authority over) a major shipping facility capable of handling the volume. I haven’t checked to make sure, but Greenland doesn’t have the kind of natural harbors found in, say, Spitzbergen:
http://www.planetware.com/i/map/N/spitzbergen-svalbard-map.jpg
US production costs falling?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2994976/posts
