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banananor posted...

Sure. If you make production of drugs illegal, production will tend to move outside the country and continue.

Also, if you make production of child pornography illegal, production will tend to move outside the country and continue.

Lastly, yes, if you make production of ridiculously cheap goods via pollution illegal, production will tend to move outside the country and continue.

The fact that all three of these situations are wildly different means that there isn't a one size fits all solution. You have to use evidence based policy and work toward goals

Start with the facts and then make your way towards policies.

I find folks who start with policy stances and then try to massage the facts in their favor to be extremely irritating.

You can give incentives to produce with environmental controls to offset the cost.

Our strategy now is... Put all these controls on that other places don't have while we fine your ass nonstop until you get to where we want you to be and you go out of business.

Which is like El oh El thanks for the production, buds. Signed sincerely, biggest polluting countries in the world who don't give a shit and we're going to laugh to the bank once a Paris Accord was signed cuz it sends them even more production.
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