They always had that option but somehow it was cheaper to ship there and back than to manufacture in US.
So either you get 2x the tariff increase in price or you manufacture locally for something that increases the price by more than 2x shipping.
Oh no, indeed.
It’s not that it’s cheaper overseas, rather it’s often not available domestically at any price. People don’t realize just how absolutely gutted America’s commodity/heavy industrial production capacity really is and the whole system makes it nearly impossible to rebuild.
