@libertad good points -- currently the only way a developed country could compete with cheap labor is through implementation of automated production systems, ie industrial robots and if a cheap source of energy is found the cost of running those robots will drop even more a google on this subject reveals the following links: http://robotsafety.info/public/articles/articlesdetails.cfm?id=1568 http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/07/robots_will_bri.html http://www.machinebuilding.net/ta/t0021.htm http://www.communistrobot.com/index.php?page=&nav=1&article=1
I do a manufacturing and importing from China. Your numbers don't work for me. First, You need to have direct contacts with China factories. If you use a broker they should take no more then 10%. A Bear costs $20 FOB add 20% for frieght, tariffs and customs you should land that bear about $25. If you still sell at $60, that adds $40 to the US economy. That is still pretty close to the dollars your domestic bear imputs to the US economy. The concept of imports is that you lower your price. The savings the customer gains will be spent elsewhere thus incresaing total demand.