Even MikroTik routers have a supply chain scattered around the world

longislandguido 11 hours ago | parent [-]

But most are still made in Latvia.

Which is still foreign from the USA's perspective. Remember, this new rule is not just against China, but against all foreign-made.

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palmotea 4 hours ago | parent [-]

But the fact that a company can manufacture consumer(ish) routers in Latvia means it's very practical that another company could manufacture consumer routers in the US.

Usually the argument is that X can't be made in the US because China's so good at it that the US could never compete, so we shouldn't even try. But if a company with 367 employees in a country with the population of a medium-size metro area can do it, it proves that argument is bunk.

	▲	lmm 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> But the fact that a company can manufacture consumer(ish) routers in Latvia means it's very practical that another company could manufacture consumer routers in the US. Assembling them in Latvia, or the US, from internationally sourced components isn't a solution to anything. > Usually the argument is that X can't be made in the US because China's so good at it that the US could never compete, so we shouldn't even try. But if a company with 367 employees in a country with the population of a medium-size metro area can do it, it proves that argument is bunk. Unless Latvia is a much better environment for this kind of industry than the US is.