Taiwan's Machine Tool Makers Struggle to Survive
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Taiwan's machine tool makers are struggling to survive, highlighting concerns about the importance of domestic manufacturing for national security and the potential need for government intervention.
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SilverElfin
2 months ago
Machine tools are critical to national security. Europe and America and India and others should be creating nationalized suppliers if the market can’t support it.
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