Do people see the US moving more of its manufacturing to Cambo?

Anchor Moy wrote:

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:09 pm More:
https://www.newsweek.com/cambodia-next- ... on-1642788

^ Yeah, that's one point of view, and it's natural that he is working to encourage investment from other countries. That goes with the job.

Written by: Chum Sounry is the ambassador of Cambodia to the United States.
The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.

Cambodia has developed a legal and regulatory framework that encourages domestic and foreign investment. My government has introduced tax incentives, special economic zones and reduced logistics costs, all of which are attractive to businesses wishing to reach large Chinese, U.S. and European markets. In Cambodia, companies can be 100 percent foreign-owned, so foreign investors can employ Cambodia's educated work force without having to find a local partner.

Yeah, but at least this one was well-written and void of grammatical mistakes, unlike the puff pieces which the KT regularly churns out. At least he's reaching out.

Still don't understand the statement "and that is good news for America"

Of course, sustainable economic growth is quite achievable several decades after completely destroying the economy. After hitting zero, the only place you can go is up.

When I see images and videos of a Ford assembly plant, I usually see rolling assembly lines and hordes of robots, CNC machines and lots of computer control.

All requiring stable, reliable sources of electricity, large, well-maintained roads, and speedy freight rail lines.

A gas powered generator can run a bank of sewing machines, but insufficient for generating large amounts of pure sine wave power needed to power delicate robots and computers.

Clothes don’t care if they get tossed around across numerous potholes, but delicate parts don’t do so well.

Bolts of cloth can be ordered in bulk and held in reserve. Hundreds of sub assemblies would be more difficult. Railroads that take 8 hrs+ from Phnom Penh to China land when motos take half that time (and if they could do 100-140 kilometers per hour, even less), does not help just in time production.

I wish Ford the best in their assembly plant venture. It will be an interesting adventure into how to build a modern plant without modern infrastructure.

Or maybe Ford develops their own infrastructure?
Stable off grid power not dependent on the EDC? Their own port and rail or roads to ship parts into and finished cars out? Build a town around the plant to create a highly skilled, dedicated labor force?

There’s already a Ford plant here.