Yes, technical protectionism is a sandbag solution, as I complained about elsewhere. You can't keep it up forever. Either someone will sneak out silk caterpilla

Yes, technical protectionism is a sandbag solution, as I complained about elsewhere. You can't keep it up forever. Either someone will sneak out silk caterpillars in their hems, or memorize all the part drawings for a loom, or simply reinvent the iron beehive furnace.