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Samsung turns to local high schools to fill manufacturing jobs at its Austin plant

February 15, 2017
That’s partly because “intelligent, disciplined and motivated” high school students are guided toward universities rather than starting a career or learning a trade, said Harry Moser, founder of the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit that encourages …
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D&M Plastics hosts reshoring expert and discussion

February 15, 2017
Chip Owen, CEO and president of D&M Plastics, greets Harry Moser, founder of The Reshoring Initiative. D&M recently hosted Moser at its Burlington manufacturing facility, where Moser presented “The Lo…
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Trump’s protectionist measures will not hurt US economy in 2017

February 15, 2017
This could result in companies “reshoring” – a term broadly used to define movement of manufacturing from other countries back to the US. Even before his inauguration as President, Trump had strongly criticised US companies for locating production …
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A Tale of Two Trading Partners

February 15, 2017
As Figure 1 demonstrates, when imports from Mexico go up, so do US exports, too. Figure 1: US Trade with Mexico, International Trade Administration This is why the Reshoring Institute, which actively advocates for companies to bring jobs back to the United …
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Trump’s war on economists, a battle from both sides

February 14, 2017
But a recent Goldman Sachs research paper concluded that “offshoring and reshoring account for a modest share of job losses and gains, and any policy-driven changes would have a limited effect on total employment.” A recent report from Ball State …
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Trends Shaping The Return of Manufacturing to US

February 13, 2017
The viability and vitality of U.S. manufacturing has been restored, according to the current economic and political indicators, but in fact that restoration process has been in progress for several years, marked by trends like “reshoring” and …
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2016 the year of economic nationalism as supply chain risk reaches record high

February 13, 2017
As a result, suppliers have begun moving their supply chains into nearby Indonesia or even beginning the process of reshoring back into their domestic markets. Going forward, the rising tide of global protectionism poses a considerable threat to supply …
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The future of work in Asia

February 13, 2017
Consequently, multinational companies like Walmart, Ford and Boeing, as well as small- and medium-size companies, have started to reshore production facilities back to their parent countries. The Reshoring Initiative, a non-profit organisation, estimates …
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GE Energy Power Conversion France : The State of Play of Renewables Manufacturing in Europe

February 12, 2017
A combination of rising labor costs around the globe, the inherent difficulties of overseeing production across geographies and the increased cost and time of getting goods to Western markets has seen a string of major companies reshoring to Europe in past …
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Basic Skills, Not Protectionism, Key To Sustaining Today’s High Income, Services-Based Economies

February 12, 2017
President Trump has already formed a Manufacturing Council with the aim of “reshoring jobs” from outside the USA, and is threatening to introduce import duties of up to 45%. The problem, however, as the chart shows, is that this will not help the …
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