On top of wage increases, the costs of jetting to far flung locations and more importantly, moving goods from the factory to the store keeps heading upward.

除了工资上涨，至偏远地区以及从工厂到商店的运输成本也保持上升态势。

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Thailand's low factory wages were more than offset by the costs of shipping thousand-pound battery packs across the Pacific.

虽然泰国的劳动报酬低，但却被跨太平洋运输千磅电池组的成本所大大抵消了。

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Grace: Well it seems that we underestimated the costs. According to the factory it will cost about eight percent more than initially projected.

葛蕾丝：看样子我们似乎低估了成本。根据制造厂商的说法，成本会比原先计划的还高出百分之八。

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, a large accountancy firm, reckons that lower feedstock and energy costs could result in 1m more American factory jobs by 2025.

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But after burning through hundreds of millions of dollars in capital--costs include more than 600 employees and a California factory to crank out its specialized chips--Infinera is finally seeing rapid sales gains, even as it continues to record losses.

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If labor costs can be reduced by employing more robots in the factory, and if its feasible for a company like FoxConn to use such a large number, it begs the question of why Western companies might continue outsourcing.

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