[amanaplanacanal]

If it is such a successful strategy, why doesn't everybody do it?

[refurb]

It's often not a successful strategy.

If your product sells like made at a subsidized price, but not at the unsubsidized price, it's not a real business.

[happymellon]

Subsidise industries?

Everyone does.

China funds it upfront, while the US does it after the spending and calls it a bail-out, or a "government contract"