Mercedes star parts junk?

[michaelluscher]

Yup. The Czech weapons industry is an interesting read. Soviet Union left them alone for the most part to adopt their own equipment.

The history of Tatra I found fascinating
It's like the B side of the OG Beetle story

 

[nthach]

Actually, manufacturing is moving away from China.

for electronics and clothes, Vietnam and Cambodia are the new hotspots to bypass tariffs. Thailand seems to be the new center of rubber production in Asia.

 

[edyvw]

for electronics and clothes, Vietnam and Cambodia are the new hotspots to bypass tariffs. Thailand seems to be the new center of rubber production in Asia.

It is not only bypassing tariffs. Transportation cost, labor cost. China is not anymore $1 a day labor.