US To Create High-Tech Manufacturing Zone In Philippines (wsj.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/04/17/0158258/us-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines
- Source link: https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
> An agreement with the Philippines to establish a high-tech industrial hub is the Trump administration's latest effort to lessen China's dominance over global supply chains. The deal to build up American manufacturing across a stretch of the island of Luzon, [1]signed Thursday , will offer U.S. companies access to essential inputs such as critical minerals that bypass Beijing's control. The artificial-intelligence-powered manufacturing hub is [2]planned for a 4,000-acre site given to the U.S. by Manila , said undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg. The U.S. will occupy the site rent-free and administer it as a special economic zone.
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> The hub will have diplomatic immunity, such as the protections afforded to an American embassy, and operate under U.S. common law -- the first arrangement of its kind anywhere in the world. The two-year lease is renewable for 99 years. [...] "You can't build anything in Ohio if the minerals and the process materials are controlled by an adversary who can cut you off tomorrow," Helberg said in an interview. [...] The planned manufacturing hub is largely conceptual at this stage, and details, including which American companies will participate and just what they will build in the Philippines, are yet to be determined.
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> [...] The administration will ask companies to put forward proposals to compete for a spot in building out the hub, giving priority to bids that will help move critical minerals processing and manufacturing off Chinese suppliers. Investment will have to come from private-sector companies -- not the U.S. government. Factories approved for operation in the hub will be highly automated, Helberg said, using autonomous systems to operate around the clock. The Philippines has a history of robust manufacturing, particularly in semiconductors, but that has stagnated in recent decades because of high energy and logistics costs. Companies will have to address in their proposals how they will contend with energy costs and workforce needs; they can send American workers overseas or hire locally, Helberg said.
[1] https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/the-united-states-and-the-philippines-launch-plans-for-4000-acre-economic-security-zone-to-shore-up-supply-chains-first-ai-native-industrial-acceleration-hub-under-pax-silica/
[2] https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u-s-to-create-high-tech-manufacturing-zone-in-philippines-017c1668
Good for many reasons (Score:2)
Their accent just happens to be really close to English. Their culture of mostly moral and against greed. They hate China. They're tough on crime. The only problem is culturally, they are incredibly laid back and think hard work is a waste of time. But hey, pick a better location. I'd say inside the US itself but labor is so insane, that's an automatic no, despite Trump thinking it's still 1950.
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I thought greed was good?
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"but labor is so insane"
I gather this is your fault
Magas (Score:2, Offtopic)
Magas hold no positions, values, or morals. They believe what they are told to believe, even if that contradicts what they were told to believe weeks, days, or even minutes ago. They will parrot whatever fox news talking points that somehow attempt to square this circle with bring back US domestic industry and american first. Just like they think "paying a fundir religious zealot run nation twenty billion dollars" a "win."
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I'm not a lunatic leftist or a maga. But it's always interesting how when talking to either one of them they immediately assume you are on "the other side". Guess what: most people aren't political radicals. Most of the country is tired of hearing from both of you packs of losers shouting at each other.
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The orange turd is telling people gas prices are not high. [1]https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/... [cnbc.com]
I mean holy shit we’re literally in a children’s fairytale. The emperor has no clothes.
Can any MAGA comment on what it feels like to fill your 30 gallon truck tank with $6 a gallon diesel?
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/16/trump-gas-prices-iran-war.html
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> Can any MAGA comment on what it feels like to fill your 30 gallon truck tank with $6 a gallon diesel?
Actually I can do better... I can describe how it feels to fill a 24-gallon SUV at $9/gallon in 2022. I'll also be able to describe that feeling once again when we're done with Iran and it drops down to below $3.
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Now think real hard what happened in 2022 that caused prices to spike.
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You lose magas a "think". They have been taught to follow and repeat only. They want an authoritarian so they don't have to think for themselves ever again. The anti-intellictualism runs very deep.
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People like you will bitch about everything Trump does, even if he sends a doctor to rescue your loved ones from certain demise. This topic is about something entirely different, but as long as it is something his administration is involved with, you'll find a way to attack him. Do you know what attack without being provoked is? Terrorism!
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This deal will in no way benefit you or me or anyone who is not a member of tres comas
So (Score:3)
The entire premise is simply “not China”?
I was told manufacturing jobs would come flooding back to this country.
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Next: the US annexes the Philippines, again.
HIGH, WAY, TO, THE, CORRUPTION ZONE! (Score:2)
This is, like a lot of Trump administration "policy", an attempt to establish a legal gray zone in which Trump cronies can do crimes. The zone being proposed in this case just happens to be a physical one.
We're not seeing the other direction of the deal (Score:2)
Rent free, immunity, etc... that's all good. In fact it's absolutely great! But we must be giving something to Manila in order to get this deal, like protection from certain asshole neighbor (you know who), or an iron dome installation, some other defensive capabilities against naval/aerial adversaries. We're not seeing those details.
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They probably gave away some swamp land. I expect it to be Foxconn 2.0 [1]https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/2... [cnbc.com]
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/foxconn-mostly-abandons-10-billion-wisconsin-project-touted-by-trump.html
Not Exacty Hometown Hero's are They? (Score:2)
Last I checked, Philippines is not helping to soon to fail U.S. job market.
Well (Score:1)
it is one way to boost "domestic industry". the MAGAts will love it, after all their old idol Limbaugh was a fan of Filipino boys.