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by ahartmetz 2865 days ago
Which ones? Screen, flash memory, CPU, DRAM, battery come to mind. All of these product types are also manufactured in the US, but not the majority of the output.
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I think they're referring to a graph similar to this I've seen over the years (bottom of the page) https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2014/05/22/china-a...

The ones I've seen never show the US as the biggest slice, but China is always a sliver and the chart is usually dominated by Germany, South Korea, and Japan.

Exactly. And that analysis is of components, so it leaves out the value of ecosystem, software, and Apple’s cpu and SoC design groups, which is bigger than all of the components combined.