For a while cheap-labour countries have an advantage but this erodes with time. (Taiwan-to-mainland China shift is one example.)
At first simple machinery is produced at low prices, then the prices rise as the quality rises. Internationally-sourced components cost the same everywhere.
Built like a Mercedes 3653223rem No, I buy used cars and trucks that were made in America . . .my current ride, a 95 Lebaron was given to me by a caring but slightly mislead ( by the...
And then there is the question of efficiency. A worker may get only a dollar a day, but how efficient is the production set-up? There are many factors...
In my (well-to-do) area of west London I was out for a walk this evening and made a point of looking for Skodas and SEATs, all made by the VW Group. None. But loads and loads of VW and Audi-labelled cars. Yet you can buy a Skoda equivalent for a lot less money. Skodas are made in a state-of the-art factory in the Czech Republic, a country with a noble industrial history in the pre-Communist era. And yet the brand has no cachet except for 'contrarians'.
Yes, in western Europe the annual holiday times are long compared to USA and Japan, but there is pressure to reduce them, or at least get the weekly hours up (at same weekly pay, i.e. unit pay cut).
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