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By Killer Whale
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Andy McDandy wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:21 pm Falklands produce a lot of seafood and high end knitwear. Squid in particular.
But the point is that no one lives there, so its consumption of US goods is going to be tiny, even if everyone is driving around in a Chevvy. It's almost guaranteed to be running a trade surplus with the USA. So the blunt instrument spreadsheet methodology is once again shown to be lazy spite.

[Edited to correct autocorrect sabotage]
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By Andy McDandy
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10,000 or so people, most stuff they can't produce is from Chile, South Africa or the UK.

Yanks might need to find a cheaper source of tentacles. Innsmouth, Massachussetts is supposed to be very good.
By Youngian
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About these millions of manufacturing jobs Trump is promising to reshore, who'll be filling them? It's not going to be immigrants.
A report from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute this month claims that manufacturers could need as many as 3.8 million new workers by 2033. Roughly 1.9 million of those could go unfilled if current labor gaps remain unsolved. https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ma ... 24/713326/
By Bones McCoy
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Andy McDandy wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 4:21 pm Falklands produce a lot of seafood and high end knitwear. Squid in particular.
A Falkland Trade guy was on the radio (five live) around six PM today.

He mentioned two main exports:
* Squid - mainly to Europe.
* Toothfish - a fair proportion to the USA.

Havign never heard of Toothfish I investigated.

https://www.msc.org/en-au/what-you-can- ... stainable

It sounds expensive.
By Bones McCoy
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Youngian wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:08 pm About these millions of manufacturing jobs Trump is promising to reshore, who'll be filling them? It's not going to be immigrants.
A report from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute this month claims that manufacturers could need as many as 3.8 million new workers by 2033. Roughly 1.9 million of those could go unfilled if current labor gaps remain unsolved. https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ma ... 24/713326/
Children.
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By Tubby Isaacs
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Youngian wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 9:08 pm About these millions of manufacturing jobs Trump is promising to reshore, who'll be filling them? It's not going to be immigrants.
A report from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute this month claims that manufacturers could need as many as 3.8 million new workers by 2033. Roughly 1.9 million of those could go unfilled if current labor gaps remain unsolved. https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ma ... 24/713326/
Men currently working in offices. Their idea of proper work is very gendered.

Of course, their families won't be doing apprenticeships or losing fingers in factories.
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By Boiler
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Youngian wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 6:02 pm RFK is encouraging Americans to eat more lard to restore national fitness.
Kennedy and influencers bash seed oils, baffling nutrition scientists. https://apnews.com/article/seed-oil-bee ... 4ede789295
I have a friend who gets all his health advice from YouTube. I just know he'll be saying "See? I told you seed oils were bad for you."

Next: statins kill you, grains are bad for you.
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