Actually for the iphone Samsung in Korea does the heavy work, eg mfg the CPU. Qualcom is a biggie too not sure where they are.<br><br>It is true mostly what China does is assembly only.<br><br>But the situation is very different in say the Solar Cell industry.<br>
eg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gopiballava@gmail.com">gopiballava@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Interestingly, the trade deficit is calculated using the retail price of products.<br>
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An iPhone 4S adds $600 to the deficit. How much $$$ stays in China? Estimates are around $10. Chipsets from Germany, software from Cupertino, etc.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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gopi@iPhone<br>
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On Nov 21, 2011, at 19:07, Ryan Rawson <<a href="mailto:ryanobjc@gmail.com">ryanobjc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> A few things, first off - China doesnt own all of the US debt, it only<br>
> owns 8% US government debt.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>yeah I think americans hold the biggest share. But China is most significant in the new debt and particularly borrowing to pay interest. Used to be Japan but they went broke.<br>
<br>seems to be a necessary link between the trade deficit and borrowing. Because the Chinese hold american $$$$$$$$$ they must do something with or else they are of no value to them.<br></div></div>