The US produces a ton of high-tech stuff, and services like architecture or software. It produces a bit of intermediate goods like metal or chemicals, enough to break even. It doesn’t produce much in the way of low-end consumer goods. It could start cranking out bowls if the docks were gone for good, but Americans would be outraged because they’re used to paying $1 instead of $10 for something like that.
In the past oil was also a huge bottleneck, but America has fracked it’s way back to net exporting now. And has tons of refineries, that’s where all the Canadian crude goes.
Things nearly collapsed when Long Beach and Los Angeles docks were bottlenecked. The US doesn’t produce anything to keep things running.
The US produces a ton of high-tech stuff, and services like architecture or software. It produces a bit of intermediate goods like metal or chemicals, enough to break even. It doesn’t produce much in the way of low-end consumer goods. It could start cranking out bowls if the docks were gone for good, but Americans would be outraged because they’re used to paying $1 instead of $10 for something like that.
In the past oil was also a huge bottleneck, but America has fracked it’s way back to net exporting now. And has tons of refineries, that’s where all the Canadian crude goes.