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> it's trivially countered by protectionist policies This assumes your local manufacturing and supply chains aren't completely demolished, expertise hasn't die

> it's trivially countered by protectionist policies This assumes your local manufacturing and supply chains aren't completely demolished, expertise hasn't died out and been replaced and you can just restart it "trivially" overnight by slapping an import tariff

cjbgkagh 2y ago
I worry that since protectionism is discretionary it’s highly prone to corruption which would prevent any real manufacturing revival.
- User23 2y ago
  Outsourcing is also discretionary and highly prone to corruption.
  - cjbgkagh 2y ago
    Major difference on who has the discretion
stratom 2y ago
Yeah, that policy wasn't enacted yesterday. It's already much futher along.