WashingtonA fully US-made smartphone would cost 152% more, a trade group says.
Reshoring 10 device categories by 2031 would cost $185-230 billion, the Consumer Technology Association estimates.
It would need 555,000-668,000 more workers, more than double the existing US computer and electronics manufacturing workforce.
The group proposes reshoring assembly first for $16-19 billion and dropping tariffs on allied components.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- quantifies reshoring costs ($185–230B by 2031) and lists practical barriers, counters Genesis Mission rhetoric with industry economics
Sources: Ars Technica