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Old 17th Apr 2020, 02:08
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Originally Posted by Asturias56
Are they? Do you really think people won't go to the lowest cost provider as we've always done the moment the world opens up again??? Countries can't afford to subsidise vast swathes of manufacturing as they did 100 years ago
Trump's tariff wall shifts the low cost sourcing calculation. Moreover, it seems likely to have much more international appeal as the full cost of dependence on a single foreign source becomes clearer.
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