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jamisteven ◴[] No.44461982[source]
Entirely by design.
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ggm ◴[] No.44462042[source]
Cheaper dollar boosts US exports. Makes imports more expensive even before tarrifs. Which situationally, some industrial sectors will want. The exporting ones. The ones reliant on imports, less such.

The US isn't self sufficient in food. Food imports are going to get more expensive.

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lifestyleguru ◴[] No.44462222[source]
> boosts US exports

The world doesn't need that much guns and missiles. There are two major markets currently and that's all mostly.

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throwaway29447 ◴[] No.44462675[source]
> The world doesn't need that much guns and missiles.

Yet they seem to be begging for them pretty hard.

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1. ggm ◴[] No.44463421[source]
Rheinmetall shares are doing well. They're in all kinds of JV worldwide. It's not Basil Zharoff spectacular but they're healthy. The world wants the blessed Mary of the javelin, and anyone who makes NATO 155mm has a market.

People who bought the F35 have mixed views. Awesome tech. Is there a remote off switch?

British arms factories are salivating at the prospect of NATO and EU spend. The French want to ring-fence them out but almost any complex materiel is made across Europe in the wider sense. Risk management drove there, I think France will stop being silly once their factories supply books are healthy.