> Assembling them in Latvia, or the US, from internationally sourced components isn't a solution to anything.

I disagree. It's the first step. I mean, how did China do it? They started with assembly and low-value manufacturing and worked their way up the value chain. The US still had fabs. Once you get assembly reshored, start pushing to to reshore components (which are mostly chips, and pretty soon the equipment is mostly domestic.

> Unless Latvia is a much better environment for this kind of industry than the US is.

In what way?

Even if the US is utterly terrible for this kind of industry, we're talking about a small-medium sized tech company. It seems extremely doable.