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To: central_va
A 20% tariff is a 20% guaranteed profit margin for any company willing to repatriate production.

Only if they can make it for the same cost here.

62 posted on 03/20/2016 4:21:00 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
Only if they can make it for the same cost here.

Labor will be marginally more expensive in the USA. Transportation will be less. Some things more, some things less-like energy. I would say on average 8% more for made in the USA using the auto industry for a benchmark, the cost of UNION labor per vehicle made in the USA is 8% of retail price. IMO car manufacturing is a good indicator and model for manufacturing overall.

81 posted on 03/20/2016 4:35:41 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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