A tiny screw shows why iPhones won’t be ‘assembled in U.S.A.’

New York Times:

Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump “to start building their damn computers and things in this country,” Apple is unlikely to bring its manufacturing closer to home.

A tiny screw illustrates why.

“Conventional wisdom” says labour costs are the primary reason why more manufacturing isn’t done in the US. But the issues preventing it are wide and varied as this article shows.