The authors of the articles likely weren't anticipating the U.S. to start a trade war with China and implement protectionist measures that involve waiving tariffs to specifically incentivize Apple to maintain manufacturing in the USA:
"The US manufacturing of Mac Pro is made possible following a federal product exclusion Apple is receiving for certain necessary components."
What I wonder is whether or not this is sustainable moving forward or only intended to be a temporary "win" to create headlines. And can any company that wants to manufacture in the U.S. avail themselves of "federal product exclusions"?
The Mac Pro was already being made in the US. This is essentially a retention of the status quo.
However of course anything is possible. The government can squeeze every company until all manufacturing is back in the US (though it's still a smaller segment than it was when the housing crisis hit). That would be throwing out the baby with the bathwater, though, as the US completely loses sight of the dynamics that made it the richest country in the world.
