The project would require U.S. workers to relocate to low-wage country like India and accept a salary at the going rate for the area -- EETimes Article "Offshoring Backlash Rises as Layoffs Mount"(Click on image above for larger view)
This seems like economic inefficiency. You ask people to move to a place where things are cheaper, hoping to export things they produce to a place where things are more expensive. The more that happens, though, the more things equalize and in the process shake up the economies of the two places. It also wastes resources to have people and goods needless moving around because of a line on a map.
I'm not saying people should not trade across borders or that borders should be completely ignored. Technology is moving us in the general direction of free trade whether we like it or not. Hopefully it will be a good thing. Eventually the idea of nation states putting effort into maintaining standing armies and armaments industries to defend themselves against one another may seem ancient. That could happen in less than 100 years.
In the meantime, however, we need to put a little thought into this. If the process of globalization isn't managed right, there will be a populist backlash that will be even more inefficient than people moving house across borders for pricing reasons.
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