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'We Currently Have No Container Ships,' Seattle Port Says

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232 points pseudolus | 2 comments | 10 May 25 15:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.804s | source
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hintymad ◴[11 May 25 00:57 UTC] No.43950327[source]▶
A funny thing is the US could easily sanction any country in the 90s because it controlled so much manufacturing. Nowadays we can’t even sanction Houthis since they can get everything from China. Judging by the port situation, soon China can sanction us, easily.
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arvigeus ◴[11 May 25 02:39 UTC] No.43950853[source]▶
The general idea is to restore that order, and decouple from China. The problem is such things will require serious leadership, not mafia style extortion.
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smt88 ◴[11 May 25 06:58 UTC] No.43951948[source]▶
There is no universe where any set of policies will restore manufacturing to the US that can compete with China
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1. boppo1 ◴[11 May 25 11:51 UTC] No.43953158[source]▶
Sure there is, it's just a real monkey's paw.
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2. smt88 ◴[11 May 25 19:02 UTC] No.43956134[source]▶
It would have to be deeply painful and it would take decades. Voters would never tolerate it.

But that's assuming there's even a theoretical way to do it, which there isn't. We just don't have the natural resources or the political structure.