stumu415@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoPentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe The potentially drastic drawdown of 25,000 or more U.S. troopswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down11 cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1122arrow-down1external-linkPentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe The potentially drastic drawdown of 25,000 or more U.S. troopswww.nbcnews.comstumu415@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square34fedilink cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 days agoYou’re conflating two separate things. US trade deals were very favorable for the US for a long time US industries off-shored much of the production, leading to a decline in US industry Both things are true and largely unrelated
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoOh, my bad. I was really just talking about near and off shoring. I don’t honestly know much about trade deals. I know the US gets a lot of goods from Canada and Mexico and just assumed it was because it was closer than other trading partners.
You’re conflating two separate things. US trade deals were very favorable for the US for a long time
US industries off-shored much of the production, leading to a decline in US industry
Both things are true and largely unrelated
Oh, my bad. I was really just talking about near and off shoring. I don’t honestly know much about trade deals.
I know the US gets a lot of goods from Canada and Mexico and just assumed it was because it was closer than other trading partners.