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How will Trump’s trade, tariff policies affect manufacturing?

November 8, 2016
The offshoring movement has been partially offset by reshoring, in which companies bring some manufacturing back to the U.S. As Shoff and others discussed in an October Business Journal article, product lines that return to — or remain on — American …
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Developing countries will face an unemployment crisis as robots could take two-thirds of their jobs, UN report warns

November 8, 2016
As many of these lower-skilled jobs had already disappeared in developed countries, the effect of automation and reshoring could bring about extreme losses in developing countries. The use of robots will reduce the value of human labour in these settings …
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Top 10 promises of Donald Trump. Will he deliver?

November 8, 2016
Harry Moser, president of the Reshoring Initiative, is more optimistic that Trump could deliver, but said Trump would have to be in it for the long haul:”You can’t do it in a day, you can’t do it a year. I’d be delighted if we can do it in a decade …
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It’s like Brexit all over again… Prospect of Trump victory puts markets in turmoil

November 7, 2016
On his blue collar ticket, Mr Trump has threatened to tear up international trade agreements and pursue an aggressive policy to reshore jobs. Neil Wilson at ETX Capital described “chaos” beginning to set in, prompting investors to take shelter.
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Robots Are Taking People’s Jobs In Developing Countries

November 7, 2016
It undermines the advantage of low wages and facilitates the “reshoring” of industries back to industrialised countries. The solution? Build your own robots, the report says. “The increased use of robots in developed countries risks eroding the traditional …
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Robots Will Bring Manufacturing Back to Developed Countries

November 7, 2016
But this time, these relics will be filled with robots making things. Automation is making these outsourcing companies reshore: They’re bringing the jobs back to their own countries, and taking advantage of the next cheap-labor frontier — robots.
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To Be Great, America Needs To Use More Energy, Not Less

November 7, 2016
However, I believe, most Americans don’t want to see more of our jobs disappear. Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative, which aims to bring manufacturing back home, is optimistic. He told me that we are now losing about as many …
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Spark Response wins job-creating Weight Watchers work

November 7, 2016
The well-known weight management services business is reshoring its UK customer service operations, which have been based oversees for a number of years. As a result, Spark Response will manage all customer care on behalf of Weight Watchers across voice …
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Robots threaten up to two thirds of developing country jobs, but could be an opportunity too

November 7, 2016
The increased use of robots threatens millions of jobs in developing countries, by undermining the advantage of low wages and facilitating the “reshoring” of industries back to industrialized countries, according to a new policy brief from UNCTAD.
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Digital is how it will all be

November 6, 2016
Jozef De coster reports from Ghent. Just as in the United States, many in Europe too are thinking of reshoring textiles and garment manufacturing back to their own country. Several speakers at the 4th International Digital Textile Congress in Ghent …
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