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The current regime is laser focused on re-offshoring manufacturing to China. I'm guessing the smelters only became profitable again because of low and steady energy prices, namely, cheap and plentiful natural gas from fracking. Well, you can see the Biden War on fossil fuels is just ramping up and the handwriting is on the wall.
Trump's policies brought steel mills, aluminum plants, and the like, back to the US, and Uncle Joe is gonna close them down again.
Personally, I think the whole thing is incredibly friggen' sad. These are American jobs, and should be a source of American pride. I guess the Chinese are gonna run their smelters with solar panels.
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