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grueztoday at 1:00 AM1 replyview on HN

>Ship building should be one of those for countries like US or UK.

Yet, protectionism for that, as practiced in the US (ie. jones act), was a massive failure. There might still theoretically a domestic shipbuilding sector, but it's bloated, inefficient, and as a result is totally not up to the task of standing up to China, which does have a competent shipbuilding sector.


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epolanskitoday at 6:13 AM

That's one of the negatives, the industries involved have no reason to evolve or invest, work is guaranteed.