One of the pretensions for the current US #tariffs is that they were installed to boost US manufacturing and protect it against cheap Chinese competition.
But manufacturing does not arise in a vacuum.
Germany, for instance, has retained a strong manufacturing base despite the rise of Chinese manufacturing, and that is because the German government actually promotes training in this field - and has done so since the 19th century, when "building a strong manufacturing base" became a matter of national importance to allow Germany to compete with England.
I don't think that boosting trade education is what the Republicans have in mind, though - if they indeed have put any thought into this at all. It is far more likely that they just assume that manufacturing arises spontaneously if the wages are depressed enough...
#USPolitics #Education #Germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_education_system