収束ゾーンでのライフ: Life in the Convergence Zone

Today our (non-US) factory's US-based supplier of a specific US-made tool told us that their product was being discontinued. Some of the parts of the tool are made in Italy, and so are probably uneconomical for a US company to acquire any more.

We had already made the decision to stop buying those tools anyway, partially because our government imposed 25% tariffs on US-made hand tools in response to US tariffs, and partially because our manufacturing operators refuse to use tools marked "Made in USA". We're now buying an equivalent tool from Vietnam. Same quality, lower price, no reason to change back even if the US stops threatening to invade us.