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<p>We’ve examined before <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/26/trump-apple-plant-usa-opinion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the impracticality[/url] of Trump’s call for Apple to make iPhones in the US, and Tim Cook has spoken on numerous occasions about how <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2015/12/20/apple-60-minutes-special/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it’s about skill-sets[/url], not labor costs.</p>
<p>There’s also the fact that the move toward <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2016/12/30/foxconn-fully-automated-factories-robots-automated-production/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fully-automated production[/url] means that any US jobs that were created would soon vanish. And now a new analysis shows just how little the US would gain economically even if it could be done …</p>
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Why moving iPhone production to the US would be pointless as well as impractical
