I think their theory is if I have my company got to Mexico to make trucks, then bring the truck in to the US, I have to send US dollars to the Mexican company that made them. In theory, that should all wash as it is an American parent, but because of all the regulations, tax crap and money laws, it seems it may stay there or migrates to who knows where. Ford reports earning from it's whole company, so it is transparent to us that this goes on. But the money still leaves the US, and pays Mexican workers vice American. Unless I get them to buy an equivalent amount back from me in the US, it still creates a trade deficit. That should mean money is borrowed to pay for it in some manner. As long as more leaves the country than comes in, we have a outflow of dollars to foreign accounts. I would think that would drive down wages here as jobs become scarcer and employers use it to cut wages (usually the "cutting costs excuse". I would venture there is a huge amount of manipulation involved that we do not see. But my personal experience is I see costs (prices) for all kinds of crap going up and up. I bought a video camera in 2010 for 130.00, the same camera is now 245. Did the camera market explode? I had to get a refurbished camera for 120.00 to have the same thing (my wife tends to leave it in the barn and our mini horse loves to throw it around the arena, so I hate to spend too much), but I can't explain what happened.