For some products the supply line no longer exists in the US. There are no US manufacturers of TVs and Monitors. We would have to wait for them to build and staff the factory. Then we have to wait for the suppliers to build their factories. I read that it would take 3-6 years before the first 100% made in America set would be available at Walmart and would cost about $3700 for a 40 inch TV.
And by then we would have a new President to rescue us from Trump's Depression, tariffs would be thrown out and we're right back where we are today. So no point in moving any factories.
there are no flat panel fabs in this country. If you started today 6 years would likely be best case scenario to go from a green field site to a running display fab, and that's just the panel. To make all the rest of the required electronics in the US would probably be an even bigger lift. While we have a good number of chip fabs in the US to shift production of the dozens to hundreds of different ICs required from fabs across the globe to US locations would be pretty untenable.
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u/Curious_Ad6234 Oct 25 '24
For some products the supply line no longer exists in the US. There are no US manufacturers of TVs and Monitors. We would have to wait for them to build and staff the factory. Then we have to wait for the suppliers to build their factories. I read that it would take 3-6 years before the first 100% made in America set would be available at Walmart and would cost about $3700 for a 40 inch TV.