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olearygreen t1_itz4t3s wrote

Reply to comment by Specialist_Teacher81 in TSMC says efforts to rebuild US semiconductor industry are doomed to fail by 0wed12

Protectionism always hurts the protectionist.

It will make everything more expensive, harder to export and require more protectionist measures that require our companies to compete less with the world having eventually a negative effect on National Security due to messer products. Ask Russia how that works out.

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Specialist_Teacher81 t1_itz5vyk wrote

There are no absolutes, unrestricted free trade also has bad outcomes. You need a measured approach, not ideologies.

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