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A comment on The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospects for Recovery (1994). Parent comment

Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by cryptonector on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @01:56AM (#43629287)
Mercantilism is certainly what we have today, with much of the world exporting to one perennial importer. Perhaps Trump means to reverse that state of affairs (i.e., make the U.S. mercantilist), which I surmise from your comment that you think would be bad (certainly I think it would be bad!), or perhaps he means to not have mercantilism at all, which I surmise you think would be good.
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Re:The Decline of the U.S. Machine-Tool Industry and Prospec... by mmooss on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @03:47PM (#43636918)
> much of the world exporting to one perennial importer

There are lots of importers all over the world, some very large.

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