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General Motors and Fuyao
(Netflix)
The U.S.-China relationship is often defined through buzzwords—tariffs, more tariffs, trade war, great-power competition. When I watched American Factory recently (on Netflix and … distributed by … a notable production company), I saw a complex human story play out against the backdrop of some of the most pressing trends in American politics today.
After General Motors closed down an SUV plant near Dayton, Ohio in 2008, the city seemed headed
