Well, does the requirement that foreign companies must hand over IP to manufacture there play an outsized role?

And, regarding fusion, it's been said a million times, but we already have a fusion reactor in the sky. Just don't tell Trump, he might have confusion about fusion powering the grass on his golf courses.

See: Prusa CEO declares "open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead" - China blamed for causing the beginning of the end via TechRadar.

  - State-backed rivals have made open source 3D printing nearly impossible

  - Chinese subsidies shift global competition in desktop 3D printer production

  - Cheap Chinese patents create obstacles far beyond Europe’s market borders

https://www.techradar.com/pro/prusa-ceo-declares-open-hardwa...