[Cacophonous]

Two reasons. One, either there is no demand (in which case you are foolish), or two, because someone else took it from you through predatory trade practices. How are you going to get it back?

[Texas_Dawg]

Two reasons. One, either there is no demand (in which case you are foolish), or two, because someone else took it from you through predatory trade practices. How are you going to get it back?

Or... How about one country can just make the good more efficiently than you can? So what? Move on... why waste money and capital on something when it can be more efficiently used elsewhere?