USA MADE PARTS? HANG ON TO WHAT YOU HAVE!

What I don't understand is why we trade we a communist country in the first place, especially after all the cold war "fears" and propaganda. There are plenty of democratic/free countries in North and South America where low wages are still the norm (if low wages and low production costs are your bottom line).
The price of cast iron is the same around the world. Labor is about 10-15% of part cost. Production cost is what drives the price. Regulations in NA are very costly compared to other third world countries. 65'