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A lot of countries do fight to maintain or expand their share of global investment in manufacturing.

A lot of countries do fight to maintain or expand their share of global investment in manufacturing.

Edward Alden
Country, Fighting, Investment
"Trump's 'Interventionist Approach' To Economic Policy Presents Consequences". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

I think, you know, what we've had for many years is a federal government that's not particularly concerned with the structure of the economy at all, just looking at the basic rules. I think we're going to see a different approach under Donald Trump with more kind of specific concern for the health of the manufacturing sector. I'm not necessarily sure that's a bad thing.

Edward Alden
Thinking, Government, Years
Source: www.npr.org

Look at Germany where 20 percent of the labor force is in manufacturing compared to about 8 percent in the United States. Germany pays a lot more conscious attention at the level of the federal government to attracting and keeping manufacturers in Germany. So this is something that other countries do that the United States has not historically done.

Edward Alden
Country, Labor Force, Government
"Trump's 'Interventionist Approach' To Economic Policy Presents Consequences". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. November 30, 2016.

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