New deal with Mexico brings cautious praise

August 26, 2018
USTR said the deal will “help to preserve and reshore vehicle and parts production in the United States.” The U.S. government statement said the new agreement would have stronger rules of origin than …
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Risks Stemming from Changing Macroeconomic Undercurrents in Asia

August 25, 2018
Potential reshoring of manufacturing activity to developed countries can also have an adverse impact on the ASEAN region, and in this regard, regional economies must consider strengthening intra-regio…
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Reshoring: bringing manufacturing home

August 20, 2018
It believes President Trump’s corporate tax cuts, reduced regulatory costs and a lower dollar make this a good time to reshore. However, consultants A.T. Kearney argue that reshoring is “in reverse”. …
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A Miniature Company is Now Selling 3D Printer Resin for Formlabs Printers

August 20, 2018
I then also learn that this company is 3D printing rather a lot of these miniatures and that they’re reshoring some of their manufacturing to the US from China. This was more than enough fuel for me t…
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TK Mold connects with young workers

August 13, 2018
In other words, all the reshoring of work back to the United States won’t mean much unless we can develop skilled young workers, as well retrain older ones. But how do we do that in the United States? …
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Parts and Component Shortages Crimping Manufacturing Supply Chains – Supply Chain Digest

August 12, 2018
Parts and Component Shortages Crimping Manufacturing Supply Chains  Supply Chain Digest

Heavy Demand, Lean Supply Chain Causing Production Woes, as Some Manufacturers Decide to Bulk Up on Inventories.

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Putting FDI on the G-20 agenda

August 12, 2018
For example, some of the world’s largest economies are encouraging domestic firms to ‘reshore’ their operations and invest more at home. Many countries are also tightening controls on inward FDI; appl…
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FRSO on the current state of the economy

August 9, 2018
[14] Trump and the Republicans plan to “reshore” manufacturing jobs mainly consists of keeping wages low and spending billions of dollars to subsidize big corporations to set up shop in the United Sta…
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Hope Is Not a Plan: The Myth of American Manufacturing – IndustryWeek

August 8, 2018
Hope Is Not a Plan: The Myth of American Manufacturing  IndustryWeek

In building a case for an American manufacturing renaissance, economists cite increasing productivity, cheap natural gas, and rising value-added figures to …

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AT Kearney’s 2018 Reshoring Index: Has the Reshoring Trend Reversed? – Spend Matters

August 8, 2018
AT Kearney’s 2018 Reshoring Index: Has the Reshoring Trend Reversed?  Spend Matters

Since 2013, A.T. Kearney has been tracking reshoring, and its 2018 Reshoring Index shows that the practice has not taken hold.

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