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factory cut leather from Brazil, apply glue and carefully pinch, gather and hammer the material into soles. The work could be partly automated, but Cambodian labor costs are low. Adam Dean for The New York Times ","type"™:"text"}],"identifier":" anf-container- 4", "layout"™:"image- container", "role":"container", "type":"container"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 26", "inlineTextStyles": [{"range"™:{"length":342,"start":0},"textsStyle":"_ anf-ts- i"}, {"range™: {"length":342,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text": "a€eThe entire supply chain is based in China, so if we were to move, we would still have to procure components in China, and then export them somewhere else,d4€ said Aaron Emigh, co-founder of Brilliant, an American start-up that makes smart-home devices. 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The country offers the best manufacturing options for some of Brilliantd這s most technical needs, like printing circuit boards, injection- molded plastics, screens and modules.","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 29","inlineTextStyles": [{"range"™:{"length":95,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"},{"range"™:{"length":95,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default-— body", "role":"body", "text":"Some companies believe they have to look for alternatives no matter how appealing China can be.","type™:"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 30", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range": {"length":256, "start":0},"textstyle":" anf-ts- I"}, {"range"™: {"length":256,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default-— body", "role": "body", "text":"Inventec, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer of laptops and devices for companies like HP, Toshiba and Acer, has drawn up contingency plans to move China production to Taiwan, the Czech Republic, Mexico and Houston, according to W W Ada Chang, a spokeswoman.","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 31", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":211,"start":0},"textsStyle":" anf-ts- i"},{"range"™:{"Llength":211, "start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"Moving the entire supply chain out of China would be too complicated, she said. But Inventec could assemble the final product in other places so the a€ecountry of origind€ certificate would not say China, she said.","type":"text"}, {"components": [{"caption":"In Cambodia many unions are backed by either the party of Hun Sen, the prime minister, or the opposition, adding to political risks for foreign companies. Adam Dean for The New York Times", "captionComponent": {"text":"In Cambodia many unions are backed by either th party of Hun Sen, the prime minister, or the opposition, adding to political risks for foreign companies. 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