Re: More future history questions - UK

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I agree that the Chinese want to own all their supply chain. They are
trying to buy diary farms in NZ that will secure them the supply of milk
powder.
 
UK doesn't need an industrial base to buy milk products and meat from
Aus & NZ it just needs people and cash. I don't think that the UK will
supplant China or India as a market focus but it's pretty hard to do
business in China (witness the recent Fonterra contaminated milk powder
scandal) as there are often ongoing quality issues with local partners.
 
The UK used to be a very large manufacturing country and as recently as
the 70s had quite a large domestic aircraft production industry. The UK
could develop and industrial economy again if they went with a buy
british campaign. this would be very popular amongst both business
owners and workers as it would mean more local jobs. Making Britain more
competitive would also need to be tackled for exports but that's
something that all of Europe needs to tackle as years of massive
subsidies come home to roost.
 
NZ went through a similar process at the end of the 80s and survived.
other countries can too.