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Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas (apnews.com)
2 points by addcninblue 1557 days ago
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To be flippant, globalization worked as long as it was really cheap to ship dirt across oceans. Now, between covid, labour actions or war, long/complex supply chains stall or fracture. Yeah, local labour tends to cost more and have more legal restrictions, but they tend to be your customers and cost way less transport.