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posted by martyb on Sunday April 23 2017, @04:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the buy-up-all-your-suppliers dept.

Some PCs are assembled in the U.S., but not many. This includes those from Lenovo, the China-based firm that runs a factory in North Carolina. Apple operates a Mac Pro assembly plant in Austin, but makes many of its other products overseas.

Lenovo and Apple may have an edge in selling PCs to the U.S., under President Donald Trump's recently signed "Hire American, Buy American" executive order signed this week, say analysts.

All PCs are made with components sourced globally, but vendors that assemble products in the U.S. may gain preference. Trump's executive order doesn't spell out how "buying American" will work for IT suppliers -- if it happens at all.

[...] "Think about the prevalence of open source software like Linux across all federal agencies," said Thielemann. "How do you really carve out the piece [of code] that is 'American' -- it's impossible to do."

"The government has information technology that it frankly cannot source from the United States alone," said Thielemann.

How do you "Buy American" in tech when the tech is made all over the world?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @01:19AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 24 2017, @01:19AM (#498610)

    It's true -- the prison industry is gonna face some tough times if we don't reverse the downward spiral of crime rates!

    Make America Leaded Again!