Yeah, first comes assembly of parts. "Assembled in USA", frankly, USA brand has diminished so may we should do a bit of a friendly competition of branding between states. "Assembled in Texas" or "Assembled in California".
Once assembly lines are automated (even using Chinese parts), there is incentive to achieve local production of those parts.
There is nothing that China has, besides precious metals perhaps, that USA does not.
I would kill to buy an iPhone made 100% in USA. Or even in Germany or France or any EU nation.
As Elon said - "We've forgotten to build stuff. Someone's gotta do it. Might as well be us."
Once assembly lines are automated (even using Chinese parts), there is incentive to achieve local production of those parts.
There is nothing that China has, besides precious metals perhaps, that USA does not.
I would kill to buy an iPhone made 100% in USA. Or even in Germany or France or any EU nation.
As Elon said - "We've forgotten to build stuff. Someone's gotta do it. Might as well be us."