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To: Snowshoe who wrote (136128)	10/17/2017 8:31:48 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Recommended By Snowshoe Respond to of 218070

re <<Our Chinese working on that stuff too... ;)>> yeup, there seems to be a lot of them about :0) erita is complaining ... there are so many ... all competitors jack doesn't seem to care (yet) we cannot seem to get away from them during workations irrespective of where we go so this past summer jack and mom went to finland, and out in the woods there wasn't anyone in sight

To: Snowshoe who wrote (136128)	10/17/2017 8:33:48 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218070

It's too bad China is suffering from a rice surplus due to all of the rice they import from Texas.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (136128)	10/18/2017 5:19:12 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 218070

An analysis in 2010 revealed that while the iPhone 4 cost $187.51 at the factory gate in China, Korea contributed $80.05 worth of components, the U.S. $22.88, Chinese Taipei $20.75 and Germany $16.08. China’s contribution in assembling the final product was just $6.50, or only about 3.5% of the total cost. Read more: Trade in Value Added (TiVA) investopedia.com In trade policy, it does not make sense to bring iPhone production to the US just for the sake of the 3.5% of the total cost.