Indeed the USA can be self sufficient without suffering. We span a continent after all.
“All 4 on this list are things that are also produced in the USA and can be produced in greater quantities again.
Indeed the USA can be self sufficient without suffering. We span a continent after all.”
A simple understanding of economics would suggest that were there no cost to US production there’d be no imports of any of those items. Undoubtedly our soil could produce these items, but US consumers would pay more.