Cheap human labor was China’s advantage. Manufacturing will return to the US with innovations in industrial automation.
Discussion
US has no good infrastructure to support any major manufacturing pivot , ports railroads and energy infrastructure are antique and will take a very long time and $$ to fix in any significant way , and by that time the world would have already moved on
No good infrastructure yet. We have an opportunity to leapfrog here with next gen transport and energy. It might take some time and investment but if anyone is at the forefront of technological innovation it’s us. And besides, we do the impossible for breakfast.