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Re:Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Is by nicbou on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:20AM (#28735198)
I might understand this incorrectly, but doesn't it also mean that American businesses have a greater market to sell to?

Globalism within the EU seems to work really well for Germany, even though there is far cheaper labour in the EU.

I am way out of my depth here, so I could be wrong.

Re:Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Is by echelon on Sunday October 03, 2021 @03:27AM (#28735231)
> I might understand this incorrectly, but doesn't it also mean that American businesses have a greater market to sell to?

"American" companies aren't always entirely owned by Americans. Sometimes they get purchased outright by foreign conglomerates or shareholders (eg. Anheuser-Busch) or take on foreign investment (eg. SoftBank). Once they're public, lots of entities can own the stock.

Labor doesn't have to be based in the US. Wages go overseas all the time. Your iPhone is manufactured abroad. Amazon hires lots of non-American programmers.

Re:Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Is by lotsofpulp on Sunday October 03, 2021 @06:33AM (#28736047)
Companies move to states with fewer labor laws and cheaper labor also.

Is the only difference here that there is a possibility of federal tax revenue being distributed throughout one country? You can even go one more level down to cities and states rather than states and country.

Re:Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Is by cocoafleck on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:34PM (#28749896)
Minimum wage is closer, environmental standards are somewhat similar, and laws can be passed on a federal level. It is just as easy for workers to change states as businesses while internationally it is easier for businesses to change locations than workers.