True or Not, it makes no difference, given the choice between a robotic product made in china delivered in two weeks and a robotic product made in the USA delivered in 24 hours, consumers will always pick the later. And given this example why would the cost be any different to the consumer? If anything you would expect the Chinese example to have higher shipping costs. When talking about a truly competitive global economy which we do not really have no because of wildly different costs of labor. A robot in the US costs just as much to run as in China.