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Since 2015, we have now seen clear regressive steps towards more insular, local behavior by the global powers like the USA, UK, etc. This has led to a weakening of the role of the United Nations and the European Union as Think Global, Act local as taken deep root. Make no mistake, Build America, Buy America is no different from Make America Great Again. The promise of globalization was the ability of smaller, weaker economies to be a low cost supplier for non-threatening commodities to the big global economies. What has transpired now is that the two major sectors of Information Technologies and Manufacturing are clearly pulling back into local manufacturing. This is not going to help the next generation economy emerge from Africa as easily as China and India emerged in Asia and Brazil emerged in South America. The result will be desperate migration by indigent populations without hope to these developed countries as refugees and the growing dislike for refugees and economic migration.
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It is the duty of each country to protect its own borders first so it can be called a viable country. It also needs to focus on its citizens first and their welfare and economic development. For decades, the political bureaucracy has systematically ignored the massive shipping of US jobs overseas, to India in IT, to China in manufacturing of electronics, active ingredients for pharma, for electronic components, plastics, cheap textiles and even the USA flag. There is nothing wrong for a country to choose to rebuild its own decimated middle class and help them find hope and opportunity again so they do not succumb to poverty and associated problems like crime, drugs and destitution. This was the pulse in England behind Brexit and the pulse in the USA with MAGA. Calling these economically challenged segments of our population deplorables does not help the cause. They need help and now are getting it from the Biden administration as part of the "Build America, Buy America" mandate which has done nothing other than blue-wash the MAGA slogans. It did print money to do this rather than tax cuts but that is for another article.
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