[Bombthecat]

How else do you want to compete with Korea, China and Japan with there cheap workforce. There is no other than to dump down massively on social nets and wages.

[themartorana]

Their work forces are increasing in cost. Savings are starting to shrink.

http://fortune.com/2015/08/27/tech-manufacturing-relocation/

[tamana]

Tarriffs, the way nations have peacefully defended their citizens for centuries.

[Grishnakh]

Huh? Japan's workforce is among the most expensive in the world. There's a reason Japanese automakers have opened assembly plants in the USA and Mexico: the labor's cheaper.

Korea isn't all that cheap either, probably roughly equivalent to the US.