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Does it make sense for a US citizen permanently living in a high tax country to use FEIE rather than FTC?

There may be such reasons. FEIE reduces taxable income on your US tax return and reduces the AGI. That can help for certain needs, although for many things MAGI is used bringing the excluded amounts ...
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