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by Kadin 3681 days ago
There is a huge supply chain in the US for very complicated goods due to defense procurement. It is not cost optimized (even close...) but it exists. It is a falsehood that "we don't make that stuff here anymore" for virtually any value of "stuff".

It would take a relatively small tweak to import duties to make most types of outsourcing uneconomical.