• Taldan@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    You’re conflating two separate things. US trade deals were very favorable for the US for a long time

    US industries off-shored much of the production, leading to a decline in US industry

    Both things are true and largely unrelated

    • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      Oh, my bad. I was really just talking about near and off shoring. I don’t honestly know much about trade deals.

      I know the US gets a lot of goods from Canada and Mexico and just assumed it was because it was closer than other trading partners.