Comment by Avicebron
2 years ago
>How does one export manufacturing?
By not doing it locally and purchasing it from another entity like China? they mean the export of the action of manufacturing and the associated benefits
2 years ago
>How does one export manufacturing?
By not doing it locally and purchasing it from another entity like China? they mean the export of the action of manufacturing and the associated benefits
So when I buy an apple from a shop instead of growing it myself, am I exporting apples to shops? No. The apple had to exist before I could buy it. Chinese factories were built by Chinese people and then the west began to buy products from them. We did not export those factories there. At most, showed China some of the knowledge required to build things. That's hardly an export, especially since a lot of this knowledge was taken without our permission and in violation of laws we set out to try and avoid other people getting it.
I suppose "coming up with the idea for something" is a good enough definition for exporting the manufacture of it, but it seems much simpler (and less egotistical) to say that "China used our scientific discoveries to advance itself" instead of "we exported manufacturing to China".