"Carl Byrns" wrote in message
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And what would you do, Ed? Close the borders to imports? Yeah, that'll
work. See how well local content laws worked in Brazil or East
Germany.

I'm thinking about it, and an idea that's beginning to look attractive is
the one that every country in the world (including those of western Europe)
apply to our aerospace and military hardware manufacturers: 100% offsets. Do
you see any problem with it? I'm floating the idea around.

Ed Huntress