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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