The US imports lots of Aluminium and refines it into Aluminum
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mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoWhy are they using anything imported anyways?
Ah yes, let me just buy local from all of the American tea farms, American bauxite mines, and American aluminum refineries. Oh wait, America doesn’t actually produce meaningful amounts of any of those resources.
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QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
And most US sugar is foreign sourced.
SW42@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not to mention any part of the factory automation technology. Capacitors on the circuit board are made in Japan if they’re decent, motor windings from China, solenoids , the lot.