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Why Trump’s factory job promises won’t pan out—in one chart

November 20, 2016
In short, President-elect Trump’s promise to address the plight of displaced manufacturing workers through reshoring is not as straightforward an answer as it seems. By all means, the nation should demand fair trade and aggressively employ the anti …
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EconoMeter panel’s to-do list for Trump, Congress

November 19, 2016
Net tax revenues rise with businesses not relocating operations to foreign countries and “reshoring” existing facilities. Keeping profits and adding jobs will generate more than the current higher rate, rife with loopholes, does. GDP growth …
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Robots and “reshoring” threaten millions of jobs in developing countries

November 18, 2016
“The slow pace of reshoring may partly be explained by tepid investment and sluggish aggregate demand [in the global economy] more generally” The policy brief says that industrial robots have primarily been deployed in the automotive, electrical and …
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Manufacturing Reshoring Ahead? ETFs to Profit

November 17, 2016
U.S. industrial stocks and ETFs are simply on a tear post Trump win. His pledges to cut taxes, boost fiscal spending and be stricter about outsourcing made these possible. He is highly expected to bring U.S. manufacturing jobs back to the country (read …
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It won’t be easy to bring back millions of manufacturing jobs

November 17, 2016
These diverging lines—which reflect the sector’s improved productivity—highlight a huge problem with Trump’s promises to help workers by reshoring millions of manufacturing jobs. America is already producing a lot. And in any event, the return of …
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Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

November 16, 2016
These diverging lines—which reflect the sector’s improved productivity—highlight a huge problem with Trump’s promises to help workers by reshoring millions of manufacturing jobs. America is already producing a lot. And in any event, the return of …
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Trump election: Who will dress America’s new first family?

November 16, 2016
One of Mr Trump’s key messages was bringing industry back to America and, with “reshoring” of production a continuing trend, fashion could be a good place for the president-elect to start. Being seen not to back American businesses in an area of his …
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Robot employment feared to displace millions

November 16, 2016
According to the brief, increased use of robots threatens millions of jobs in developing countries by undermining the advantage of low wages and facilitating “reshoring” of industries back to industrialized countries. If robots are considered a form of …
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EXIM Thailand Urges Thai Investments Overseas to Build Production Base and Penetrate Markets Gearing Up for New Trade and Investment Paradigm

November 16, 2016
This has mainly been attributable to multi-national companies’ reshoring of their production bases in the face of surging labor costs in developing countries, advancement of production technology which has increasingly enabled labor substitution …
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IHS Report: Industrial trucks to face competition from AGVs

November 15, 2016
Sales of industrial trucks will be driven by companies that are reshoring in developed areas such as Mexico that use many industrial trucks in warehouses. Furthermore, the development of alternative fuel sources, like electric traction and hydrogen fuel …
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