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China: US trade orders should respect international rules

April 1, 2017
Trump has floated punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, as well as a more ambitious overhaul of the entire U.S. tax policy which would heavily penalise all imports in an effort to “reshore” manufacturing jobs. Throughout his presidential campaign …
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Trump budget puts lifelines for manufacturers on chopping block

March 31, 2017
“They got burned so badly by the lack of control that they asked us to look at if it made sense to reshore the product,” he said. “We realized that there were a lot of sales opportunities that get missed because of the long lead times.” Mr …
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Trumponomics – Yes, Manufacturing Can and Will Return – And Wages Are Going Up, Bigly…

March 31, 2017
The most direct way to reduce the trade deficit, as President Trump has said he wants to do, is to substitute domestic production for imports, i.e. via reshoring and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the U.S. The result of eliminating the trade deficit …
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President Trump’s Tax And Trade Plans Cancel Each Other Out

March 30, 2017
At first glance, it appears that it could be. The border adjustment tax would discourage imports and encourage reshoring of production to the US, potentially increasing domestic production and exports. The proposed large reduction in the headline corporate …
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Mars Chocolate executive: Here’s why we like to manufacture our products in the US

March 30, 2017
Over the last few years we’ve seen major employers, from GE to Ford, reshore manufacturing jobs. Even today, as Mars announces an additional $70 million reinvestment in our U.S. factories, more and more businesses are putting a focus back on manufacturing …
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Here’s why we like to manufacture our products in the US

March 30, 2017
Over the last few years we’ve seen major employers, from GE to Ford, reshore manufacturing jobs. Even today, as Mars announces an additional $70 million reinvestment in our U.S. factories, more and more businesses are putting a focus back on manufacturing …
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Weekend roundup: Trump’s idea to cut U.S. debt | Robots and work | Safe dividend stocks

March 30, 2017
On a related topic, Harry Moser and Sandy Montalbano list factors that could help the U.S. bring back manufacturing jobs lost to china, including automation. Eight years into a bull market, driven in great part by low interest rates, investors seeking …
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Reshoring Gains

March 29, 2017
According to Industry Week and the Reshoring Initiative, after two decades of job losses, we have turned the corner. In 2014, we had a net gain of 10,000 reshored jobs. And, clearly, this is picking up steam especially as we are in the thick of 2017.
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Five things development professionals need to know about the future of work

March 29, 2017
Improvements in 3D printing are also expected to lead to the ‘reshoring’ of manufacturing in home markets — raising concerns of ‘premature deindustrialisation’ in emerging economies. If it is no longer possible for developing countries to …
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4.5 Million Tonnes Of New US Polyethylene Exports On Front-Line As War Of Words Hits US-China Trade

March 29, 2017
Will President Trump go ahead with his proposed 35% border tax on imports into the US? Or will the two sides negotiate a less confrontational trading relationship that still takes account of the president’s desire to reshore manufacturing to the US?
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