Interesting op.
As such, a regulated economy, a la corporatism, is necessary, because one has to ensure that large corporations (where outsourcing occurs) have either state oversight, or state control, as this is the only way that the nations interests can exist or be put ahead those of pure profit-motivated corporations. Small-scale business would live on normally under Corporatism as it would under Capitalism, with subsidies to encourage small business, as Large Business tends to liquidate and destroy Small Business in its infancy. Protection for small business would be ensured by the State as well.
I think it's interesting, given the case of the United States, that you are writing as if the state has interests that are opposed to or different from business. In a situation where the state was genuinely representative of its people, or even in a situation where the state was interested in preserving itself, then we would probably see a lot more of this. But as a fairly casual observer it seems to me that the United States government is, more than anything, a vehicle of business and responsive solely to the interests of business. This is definitely the source of the recent upsurge of public awareness and outcry. At this point, the US government doesn't care that outsourcing and the lack of manufacturing in the US increases dependency on foreign nations, because the US government responds primarily to the wishes of the businesses that benefit from that outsourcing.
When the people of US wake up (or IF we wake up) and begin to demand that we govern ourselves again, we might see policies that rein in these dominant business interests or even (hopefully) expel them from the decision-making process.
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