in the last two years, other than computer software/services (on behalf of my employer), I have purchased precisely *one* item from USA - a connection cable/dongle and software for accessing the embedded systems in my German car via a laptop, as unfortunately the Lithuanians have enshittified the OBDEleven app I was previously using. Although I suspect the USA-based devs are European expats.
Everything else is either from China, Japan, South Korea, EU or UK (countries that still hold on to at least some parts of their manufacturing industries..)
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