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After reading Apple in China - The Capture of the World's Greatest Company I’m extraordinarily skeptical of the US’ ability to compete with low wage, lower workers rights countries and bring back a meaningful amount of Apple’s manufacturing business.
Some leading edge chips? Sure, extremely automated. iPhone assembly in Peoria instead of at Foxconn in China or India? Ain’t no way.
But, hey, maybe Foxconn Wisconsin really was the long game after all?