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> This is why I laugh every time somebody seriously suggests there's going to be a war with China because the West would collapse without Chinese exports. It's just not going to happen.

> The problem with outsourcing all your manufacturing

Not having a war is a good thing, not a problem.

Critical dependencies on foreign countries can be problematic if those countries start doing things you don't like, for example invading Taiwan.
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