“In 2021, the United States ranked second in the world in terms of total manufacturing output—greater than the output of Japan, Germany, and South Korea combined. The 2021 U.S. manufacturing sector by itself would’ve constituted the world’s eighth‐ largest economy that year. The United States was the world’s fourth‐ largest steel producer in 2020, second‐ largest automaker in 2021, and largest aerospace exporter in 2021. The latest data show continued U.S. strength in 2022, with production ($2.65 trillion) substantially exceeding the combined sum of those three industrial powerhouses and India too ($2.5 trillion)”