Many of the industries mentioned in the article are heavily regulated union industries in the U.S. China also has zero independent unions. I'm not a union hat

Many of the industries mentioned in the article are heavily regulated union industries in the U.S. China also has zero independent unions. I'm not a union hater, but there was a post here recently about unions in shipyards, with one commenter saying something like "we need to prevent any automation and broaden unions across all shipyards". That's just not helpful in the long run and if that's the mentality of unions in this country then we're doomed.