[thefactor]

It’s amazing to me that standing up a new factory, hiring workers, training, quality control, distribution networks, and everything else in a new country is STILL considerably cheaper than just making your product in the USA.

[bert]

I think you overlook the primary issue. The Harley factory will be producing product for the Asian markets.

The asian markets for cycles dwarfs the American market. The competitors are Asian So production must be in Asia where not only are production costs lower, but also the supply chain logistics.

There is much more at stake here than American jobs

[Paco]

It’s amazing to me that standing up a new factory, hiring workers, training, quality control, distribution networks, and everything else in a new country is STILL considerably cheaper than just making your product in the USA.

I agree 100% and I would rather they move back to the USA.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Because sooner or later the Democrats are going to be in power again and their anti-business pogrom will be full throttle.

Would you go to the expense of building factories when you know that in 5 years we will probably have a democrat in the White House?

[Leaning Right]

> It’s amazing to me that standing up a new factory, hiring workers, training, quality control, distribution networks, and everything else in a new country is STILL considerably cheaper than just making your product in the USA. <

A relative of mine loves her peaches. So one day she looks at one of her peach cans. It says “Product of USA. Packed in Thailand.” Well, that didn’t make any sense, so she called the company.

Yep. It was cheaper for the company to ship their US peaches to Thailand for packing - and then ship them back - than to have them packed at home. Crazy, eh?

[jjotto]

The most motorcycles ever sold in a year in the USA is about a million.

The total world market is around 60 million yearly with more than 40 million sold in India, China, and Indonesia.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“It’s amazing to me that standing up a new factory, hiring workers, training, quality control, distribution networks, and everything else in a new country is STILL considerably cheaper than just making your product in the USA.”

Liability laws
Labor laws
Environmental laws
Wage laws
Tax laws
... for a start.

[central_va]

It’s amazing to me that standing up a new factory, hiring workers, training, quality control, distribution networks, and everything else in a new country is STILL considerably cheaper than just making your product in the USA.

You would be amazed that it is only a tiny percent cheaper and that tiny margin is not passed on to the consumer. An across the board tariff of 10% would stop all of this BS.