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e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 1 Recently, a new tale has been told by the Asian Development Bank Institute (
ADBI) which dissected the supply chain of the iPhone. The study found that
China is actually not doing much of the manufacturing. In fact, it is mainly
assembling the various parts of the iPhone into the final product and then
shipping that to the United States. Because of the way trade statistics work
, U.S. customs attributes the entire manufacturing value of the iPhone to
China, the point of shipment of the final product. This results in the $2
billion U.S. iPhone trade deficit with China. In actuality, says the ADBI,
China's assembly of the iPhone parts accounts for only about 3 percent, or $
6, of the final value and because China actually imports some of the more
expensive parts from the United States, it actually has a deficit on iPhone
trade with America.
The ADBI study is quite good and true as far as it goes. The bulk of the
manufacturing of the iPhone is not done in China (although that is changing
rapidly) or in any other low-cost labor country. The battery chargers,
camera lenses, and timing crystals all come from Taiwan. The screen is from
Japan, the video processing chip from South Korea, and many of the other
chips Taiwan's Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. In all, over nine
countries produce the parts and components that all head to final assembly
in China. So, it is indeed, quite possible that the United States has a
trade surplus with China qua China on the iPhone.
But that begs the bigger question of the U.S. iPhone trade deficit. With the
bulk of the parts in the iPhone being made elsewhere in Asia and being
shipped from China to the U.S. market, the United States still has a big
trade deficit on iPhones. It just happens to be with all of Asia instead of
just with China. (Yes, there are also parts from the U.S. and Europe, but
the bulk of them are from Asia.) So, in a way, the U.S. deficit with China
is a proxy for what is really a deficit with Asia.
中国是不IPHONE的最终组装地.从各国运来部件,在中国组装.赚6美元.然后运回美国,产
生了几百的deficit. | e****i
发帖数: 2152 | | n*****t
发帖数: 22014 | 3 这个算法也不对，假如原材料都采购自美国，只增加 $6 的逆差
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【在 e****i 的大作中提到】
: Recently, a new tale has been told by the Asian Development Bank Institute (
: ADBI) which dissected the supply chain of the iPhone. The study found that
: China is actually not doing much of the manufacturing. In fact, it is mainly
: assembling the various parts of the iPhone into the final product and then
: shipping that to the United States. Because of the way trade statistics work
: , U.S. customs attributes the entire manufacturing value of the iPhone to
: China, the point of shipment of the final product. This results in the $2
: billion U.S. iPhone trade deficit with China. In actuality, says the ADBI,
: China's assembly of the iPhone parts accounts for only about 3 percent, or $
: 6, of the final value and because China actually imports some of the more
| e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 4
没看文就回的
【在 n*****t 的大作中提到】
: 这个算法也不对，假如原材料都采购自美国，只增加 $6 的逆差
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发帖数: 14844 | 5 小白兔又躺着中枪了。中国组装是只增加了6美元价值，但是原材料也不是米国出来的
阿，中进口原材料不花钱？韩国日本台湾造的部件出口给中国，那是中日韩台之间的贸
易，关米国鸟市？又不是米国从日本韩国台湾买了零件然后再卖给中国，米国除了设计
之外什么都没干，当然是200美元的逆差了。
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【在 e****i 的大作中提到】
: Recently, a new tale has been told by the Asian Development Bank Institute (
: ADBI) which dissected the supply chain of the iPhone. The study found that
: China is actually not doing much of the manufacturing. In fact, it is mainly
: assembling the various parts of the iPhone into the final product and then
: shipping that to the United States. Because of the way trade statistics work
: , U.S. customs attributes the entire manufacturing value of the iPhone to
: China, the point of shipment of the final product. This results in the $2
: billion U.S. iPhone trade deficit with China. In actuality, says the ADBI,
: China's assembly of the iPhone parts accounts for only about 3 percent, or $
: 6, of the final value and because China actually imports some of the more
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