[larrysalibra]

Taiwan imports construction workers from much poorer Southeast Asian countries. http://www.cedaw.org.tw/en/upload/media/Capacity%20Building/...

[dmitrygr]

US cannot do that either (for political reasons). The optics aren't great, "murrican jobs" and all

[EdwardDiego]

Large parts of your agricultural industry already are.

[jcranmer]

But the agricultural industry doesn't face "Buy American" provisions in their funding requirements that prohibit them from using too much foreign stuff, which is the norm in infrastructure projects.