Myanmar’s Halting Economic Steps onto the Global Stage

December 9, 2017
The practice of reshoring — in which multinational companies relocate manufacturing closer to home and apply automation to reduce costs — could also deprive developing economies such as Myanmar from the job-creating manufacturing exports on which they …
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Reshoring Vs Staying Abroad

December 7, 2017
A few years back, with globalization in full flood “Should I stay or should I go?” was a refrain heard in many boardrooms as leaders decided whether to ‘offshore’ operations to China, India and other low-cost locations. In recent times, not only …
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Industrial Policy of the future – employers’ views

December 7, 2017
Industry reshoring had to be based on Europe’s economic model, focused on knowledge, innovation, high-level skills and R&D activities, as well as a friendly and sustainable environment for business. There would be no industrial success without a properly …
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Offshoring isn’t dead — but it’s trickier than ever

December 6, 2017
A growing number of economic commentators talk about “reshoring” — bringing operations back home, and “local production for local consumption,” which helps companies to insulate their businesses from protectionism. But is offshoring really about to go the …
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Tax Reform and the Trade Balance

December 5, 2017
I would expect some increase in U.S. exports of intangibles—whether from reduced exports of goods and more exports of intangibles as firms shift production abroad or from firms reshoring their IP and booking more of their current global profit in the U.S …
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Mid-Market Manufacturer Finds New Opportunities to Reshore Parts

December 5, 2017
At a time when many manufacturers are re-evaluating their supply chains, some are moving production lines and sourcing back to the United States. Manufacturers that consider a total-cost-of-ownership approach may find new opportunities in the trend.
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Six trends transforming US manufacturing industry

December 5, 2017
according to the Reshoring Initiative. More jobs are coming in than going out. Many of the reshored jobs are coming back from China, where wages and compliance complexities are increasing rapidly, making that Asian giant less competitive on labour costs …
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Methanex Reshoring: Implications For Gas Producers GeoPark, Chesapeake, And Painted Pony

December 4, 2017
Methanex has successfully reshored two idle methanol plants from Chile. This does not mean the demise of Chilean natural gas producers, such as GeoPark, because Methanex looks to revive its Chilean operations. Returning petrochemical plants to the shores …
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Tax reform could spur higher machinery sales in 2018

December 4, 2017
In another case of reshoring, Taiwanese electronics maker Foxconn Technology Group is building a plant in Wisconsin to make liquid-crystal display screens. Glenn Frohring, president of Absolute Haitian Machinery Corp. in Worcester, Mass., sees a balance in …
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Mid-Market Manufacturer Finds New Opportunities to Reshore Parts – Chief Executive Group

December 4, 2017
Mid-Market Manufacturer Finds New Opportunities to Reshore Parts  Chief Executive Group

At a time when many manufacturers are re-evaluating their supply chains, some are moving production lines and sourcing back to the United States.

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