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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9629886" data-attributes="member: 3400">And another big factor - time. It takes time to shift operation to the US, even if someone wanted to do so. And even more time for it to have much of an impact in the American economy.Part of that time would be the jockeying around politicians would do to pitch offers to get the employment in their state. And then you get the issue of whether or not the deal even makes economic sense when finally sealed that it seemed to when the negotiations started. FoxConn is an interesting example here based on Wisconsin's experience. FoxConn's plans seemed to be constantly shifting well away from the overly rosy (yet still exceedingly expensive) picture initially touted right from the start.</blockquote>