I don't think it is about the $8.<p>Previously, China outsourced social and ecological cost of producing iPhones and other technology. That outsourcing is not covered in the price.<p>Recent political changes in China such as environmental requirements cut the key profit: the outsourcing.<p>If the US has the choice to either have a factory in China, or have a factory with roughly the same standards at home, the trade-offs are different: you might want the jobs at home then (given that the wages are competitive, which they currently are not).