From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 7:53:41 PM UTC-5, John Levine wrote:   
   > >Others seem some economic value in having final assembly in the United   
   > >States, and one person pointed out, quoted above, that 80% of the content   
   > >is manufactured in the United States.   
   > >   
   > >I'm still not getting an answer if the components were designed in the   
   > >United States, or to what extent the component's constituent parts are   
   > >made in the United States.   
   >   
   > Alstom says:   
   >   
   >   These contracts will result in the creation of more than 1,000 jobs   
   >   nationwide, including 750 in New York with 400 of those at Alstom   
   >   facilities.   
   >   
   > Amtrak says:   
   >   
   >   The trainsets will be manufactured at Alstom's Hornell and   
   >   Rochester, N.Y., facilities, creating 400 local jobs.  Additionally,   
   >   parts for the new trainsets will come from more than 350 suppliers in   
   >   more than 30 states, generating an additional 1,000 jobs across the   
   >   country.   
   >   
   > One has to read between the lines, but I would think that if the majority of   
   > the jobs are at subcontractors, they are likely to be doing something more   
   > than screwing kits of French parts together.   
      
   "28 new passenger trains" is nowhere close to a significant level of   
   production for a 100% US design and factory.   
      
   http://www.france24.com/en/20160827-france-alstom-provide-high-s   
   eed-train-amtrak-usa-northeast   
      
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