There is at least anecdotal evidence of “onshoring” — the return of jobs to the United States. For instance, 177 “foreign-trade zones” — special manufacturing and assembly facilities located in the United States — serve more than 3,000 companies …

According to a 2015 report released by the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress, the apparel industry has the third highest reshoring growth rate within the manufacturing sector, which is partly fueled by the short lead times required by fast fashion.

While we have seen growing evidence of reshoring, especially in the most competitive and export-intensive US manufacturing sectors, Mexico appears to offer a sensible “near-shoring” alternative with costs 10 percent lower than in China, a stable …

in Folsom or Sacramento,” he said. Voxpro in Folsom is an example of what economic development specialists called “reshoring.” Call center jobs, which had migrated to low-cost locations in Asia and elsewhere a decade ago, are returning to the United …