i'm not saying it's what should happen, just that's how they think our governments were happy giving jobs to china until they started trying to compete with us in the development of leading technologies (chips, 5g, etc). in the late 1980s japan was about to overtake the us economy in size and had many dominant technology firms. the us imposed tariffs and restrictions then increasingly moved trade to china. now it's china's turn. just like with oil, low-skilled labour, is exploited at the lowest cost globally and the west benefits from lower prices.  it's also entangled with defense goals, india is a regional competitor to china and therefore a potential ally. additionally it aligns with us monetary policy. the us must print more money each year to meet growing global trade demand (triffin's dilemma). this printing funds the welfare state. while the printing creates inflation, which increases the cost of goods, offshoring low-skilled jobs lowers the cost of goods.
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