I know that many Europeans root for Airbus like they would root for their own national soccer (or, sorry, “football”) team. Americans don’t really do that. That’s why, I argued in my column today, it came across as so audacious for General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt to say Americans should all cheer for GE vs Siemens, or other foreign companies.

Today, Immelt gave more of this economic nationalism talk, and more Germany and China envy. From a Reuters report, some highlights:

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