Buy (North) American
Needlessly alienating Canada and Mexico is poor economics and poor politics
It seems the only way to get any kind of major project passed in the US congress is to add to it layers of stipulations - and one of the most popular is ‘Made in America’ requirements. This has especially been true of major components of signature bills signed into law by Joe Biden - everything from electric vehicle subsidies to infrastructure spending contains provisions specifying that they are to benefit American producers. This broadly flies in the face of liberal trade logic, and has several practical downsides. The most common defenses - both economic and strategic - may have some merit, but are easily overcome with compromise: the expansion of Buy America provisions to include the entirety of North America.
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