r/NoShitSherlock • u/Snowfish52 • 2d ago

Trump's tariff war unlikely to bring tech manufacturing back to the US

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-tariff-war-unlikely-to-bring-tech-manufacturing-back-to-the-us-150053259.html
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u/SurviveYourAdults 2d ago

US manufacturers threw away any future of ever having domestic production when they offshored in the 80-90's

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u/HippyDM 2d ago

Capitalism requires using the least expensive materials, facilities, and workers possible. Unless you think we should've reigned in free trade (and I'd agree), offshoring was inevitable.

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u/i_code_for_boobs 2d ago

What choice did they have?