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by moltke 1557 days ago
1) Up until very recently we were making the more advanced semiconductors and it was one of our larger exports.

2) Most of the advanced/intricate manufacturing is done in Taiwan. China is slowly improving but it's mostly just labor, machinery, and supply chains.

3) Between Trump and Covid a lot of domestic manufacturing was brought back online (steel was a big one.)