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> This isn't the same as most "we should make things in America" complaints How is it any different? There is a strategic argument for onshoring pretty much an
by User23 4y ago
> This isn't the same as most "we should make things in America" complaints
How is it any different? There is a strategic argument for onshoring pretty much anything that isn’t utterly frivolous like fidget spinners and such. Look how effectively Europe’s need for energy has undermined the Russia sanctions. The Ruble is stronger than it was before the invasion!
It’s nice not to be vulnerable to foreign embargoes of food or energy, just to name a couple important strategically important things besides semiconductors.
- bsder 4y ago> There is a strategic argument for onshoring pretty much anything that isn’t utterly frivolous I would probably adjust that to "onshore anything that takes longer than <insert number of years> to spin up". You can spin up funiture factories in a year or less. You probably don't need them onshored. A steel mill probably takes 3-5 years. You probably should have a local alternative. You can't spin up ASML in less than 10 years. There definitely should be a local ASML alternative.
- mywittyname 4y ago> anything that isn’t utterly frivolous like fidget spinners and such. This frivolity is exactly what countries need to do if they want to manufacture at the level China is. Fidget spinners were built as a way of scaling up the manufacturing of very high-tolerance bearings, and selling them in the USA for $5 helped ensure that every American involved in manufacturing understood just how adept China had become.