Wells Fargo global market strategist Scott Wren is surprised about how quickly the post-pandemic reshoring process is occurring and it’s a trend that may provide equity opportunities for investors. Mr. Wren, in a research report this week, noted the shock of many Americans when the pandemic uncovered that many important goods – pain relievers, diapers […]

Deep economic cooperation in the areas of manufacturing, technology and finance has coexisted awkwardly with decades-long political and territorial disputes between Japan and China. This has led Japan to develop economic relations with China through a policy that separates politics and economics or seikei bunri. Amid intensifying US-China strategic competition, China’s track record of economic coercion and […]

There is additional CCM news in the training and labor sphere: NJMEP and CCM this May received a $5 million United States Department of Defense (DOD) grant “to educate and train veterans and their families for careers in manufacturing at no cost” over the next five years, with training focusing on manufacturing skills such as […]

Last week in downtown Columbus, Ohio, site selectors and economic developers came together for the Business Facilities LiveXchange Emerging Industries event. The centerpiece of the long-running LiveXchange conferences are customized one-on-one meetings between corporate site selectors or site selection consultants and leading economic development organizations. At this year’s LiveXchange Emerging Industries, more than 130 meetings […]