I am not a free trader and never have been, going back to opposing NAFTA.
I was just pointing out the nonsense from the Military Industrial complex that they are “opposing China”, when China is their supply chain.
The reason why it is so hard to rebuild the supply chain in the USa is that when the factories shut down and moved offshore, the companies that make tools for the factories also shut down.
That’s why the new ammunition factory in Texas has production equipment made by Repkon in Turkey.
OK fair enough. But when you say it is "hard" I look at as a golden opportunity to re-industrialize the USA and create a DOMESTIC economic boon. What is hard is becoming a two class 3rd world country.
Getting back to your main point, just because < insert industrial process here > isn't done in America right now doesn't mean it can't be done here.
If the idea of capitalism is a borderless world where every corporation looks for the absolute cheapest labor then there will be, over time, no 1st world nations. Just client states of China. ( Merchantilism ).