> this justifies concepts like Trump's tariffs based on trade deficits It doesn't have to. Thinking you want to spend locally and building options isn't a prob

> this justifies concepts like Trump's tariffs based on trade deficits It doesn't have to. Thinking you want to spend locally and building options isn't a problem - you can just invest in local capacity to deliver, build it and they will come. Artificially putting barriers (tariffs, threats) so people have to spend locally is the problem. Don't confuse these 2 just because they achieve the same and people spend more at home and less elsewhere. > if it spent 1+ billion euro on some EU or even Finnish alternative to MS Even if you end up paying the same, 1bn Euro spent locally goes a lot further than 1bn Euro spent across the ocean.