[Mr. K]

this could be the next ‘leapfrog’ that bring production back to USA

we started mass production.

unions made production to expensive here

production went overseas

overseas costs are getting up there now...

robotic production can be made here (seriously , you don’t WANT to send robots there... they have a billion people that would be out of work)

[Alberta's Child]

You might have a point there, but there's another important issue that comes into play:

The Foxconn layoffs comes as Apple is expected to announce record iPhone sales, with the possibility that it sold more phones in China than the United States, reports MacRumors.

When a company makes a decision about where to locate its production facilities, a big part of that decision involves the locations of its customers. This is the untold story about "outsourcing" of manufacturing from the U.S. to Asia over the years. It's not just the lower costs that drove these manufacturers to Asia. It's the larger customer base.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

production went overseas overseas costs are getting up there now...

It went from Japan to China and will next go to India. After that, who knows? Hopefully Christian Africa.