Gas at $150/barrel. We couldn't afford to drive to the store to get the TV. That was $4.50-5 a gallon territory right? M
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Boater problems right there.at 1/2 - 1 MPG on a downhill day, I'll vote for an oil surplus. I can put up with a lot, but when fuel for the babies gets to $4-$10 per gal, I have to do it a lot less, and that makes me a grumpy person.....
Time to fix that now.Some of the items we purchase from China directly effect manufacturing. One of the manufacturers I deal with uses special polymers for their products. This type of polymer is used in many products throughout the US. Problem is, because of our strict environmental guidelines, we can't manufacture those raw polymers in the US. However, we can buy them, bring them here and then add them to the final manufacturing process of the product. So, guess where we buy them?
Yes but there was also a tit for tat element to get a stable long term plan in place for our farmers.Agreed. Manufacturers have been keeping an eye on total cost from China for a number of years now. But the real action started (if you're a USA-based manufacturer) with the tariff escalation that began in 2018. The real kicker (unintended consequence?) of the tariff war with China was that it forced some (many?) manufacturers to increase their local production within China. Counter-tariffs were/are a real problem from USA based manufacturers that sell substantially back into China.
Like Trump or hate Trump, the tariff policies created under his administration targeting China will make for one hell of a thesis on foreign policy when the dust settles. For those that wanted to understand the intent, and not the media version of it, you'd find it was to stop the theft of intellectual property and technology. It wasn't just a money grab...
Unions contributed greatly to help off shore manufacturing and assembly... work ethic on top of that increased cost even more.Not quite - The reason much of our critical needs here in the US are manufactured outside of the US is our domestic manufacturing capability is crippled due to the cost of doing business here.
Trump has been right about the outsourcing for years.
We have the most productive workers in the world, 58% of manufacturing jobs lost since NAFTA were directly attributed to automation, not cheap labor on the other side of the border...Unions contributed greatly to help off shore manufacturing and assembly... work ethic on top of that increased cost even more.
I have been in production machining and assembly for 30 years.... I have lost work and sourced work to Mexico, India and China. It was all labor and not automation.We have the most productive workers in the world, 58% of manufacturing jobs lost since NAFTA were directly attributed to automation, not cheap labor on the other side of the border...
I have been in production machining and assembly for 30 years.... I have lost work and sourced work to Mexico, India and China. It was all labor and not automation.
I am sure you are referring to some other commodity..
As a US manufacturer, it doesn’t work that way. Somethings you can’t even find here. And you have to keep up with the joneses.Trump may be right about this publicly, but his and his family make their clothing products over seas. If you want to talk the talk, he should walk the walk and bring those jobs home too
Sometimes. I was able to win work back because they were moving assembly to Mexico. I convinced them being in the same time zone was a bonus.If you take an automated cell creating 50,000pcs/yr.. the cell is approx $800k and you put one in China and one in the USA of approx the same size company. The absolute best you can do is come within 10% in piece price.I have done the comparison countless times.... the customer will take the 10% from China every time
That is true also.Unions contributed greatly to help off shore manufacturing and assembly... work ethic on top of that increased cost even more.
I do most of my own auto, boat, and home projects myself. Within the last couple of years, I have been so frustrated by the crap quality of tools and parts from China, I specifically look for USA, Japanese, or Mexican built items. Very hard to find. Even Moog wheel hubs, supposed to be some of the best, I discovered (I think) have bearings built in China.If you take an automated cell creating 50,000pcs/yr.. the cell is approx $800k and you put one in China and one in the USA of approx the same size company. The absolute best you can do is come within 10% in piece price.I have done the comparison countless times.... the customer will take the 10% from China every time
Thataboy Chris380 tell them like it is...….Some will NOT want to hear it, god bless you brother for telling the hard truthTrump may be right about this publicly, but his and his family make their clothing products over seas. If you want to talk the talk, he should walk the walk and bring those jobs home too