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Opinion: An Un-MAGA Proposal to Bring Back American Manufacturing

The US government must invest in job-training programs and rebuild parts of the domestic supply chain that have eroded over time, Derek Guy writes.
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The central problem with the America First industrial agenda is that it's a form of autarky. (Getty Images)
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Nearly every presidential candidate since Ross Perot has made reviving US manufacturing part of their platform. But few have leaned on that promise as heavily as Donald Trump. Part of his plan to “make America great again” is making more stuff here.

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