Re. USAID --- It does have a compelling rationale behind it. However, I wonder if the situation today is as clear as it once was, considering the diversification of global value chains. The number of alternative sources of goods and services has increased (if not in all, at least in many sectors). Even food today should be seen rather as an 'assembled' product than a final one. Swiss chocolate, for example, is assembled in Switzerland, but its ingredients come from so many different countries.

Source author: Marília Maciel MariliaM@diplomacy.edu