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... The disincentives for Apple shifting its production domestically include a complex supply chain that it began building in China during the 1990s. It would take several years and cost billions of dollars to build new plants in the U.S., and then confront Apple with economic forces that could triple the price of an iPhone, threatening to torpedo sales of its marquee product. ...

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Yeah, it was a major retreat.

That whimsical, on today off tomorrow, approach is another reason why companies are reluctant yo plan new factories in the US.

And for the companies, it is less expensive to just donate money to Republican campaigns to ~purchase~ tariff relief.