Whereas Trump’s tariffs are indisputably moronic, self harmful, and brief sighted (coming from a canadian), lets not neglect that the European international locations that HTI and Doppelmayr come from (France, Italy, and Austria), had protectionist anti free commerce insurance policies once more US elevate producers similar to Yan in 70s,80s, & 90s that mainly prevented Yan from promoting its merchandise in Western Europe(except for Spain) that was a consider its demise, whereas Poma and Doppelmayr had unfettered entry to the US market and copied Yan’s removable tire pushed contour expertise. The identical factor occurred with US rollercoaster producer Arrow within the 80s and 90s in Europe, which factored into its decline as nicely.
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