(As Prepared) Introduction It is my pleasure to be here today to discuss how the programs of the State Department’s Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) contribute to strengthening international nonproliferation norms and expanding multilateral strategic trade cooperation. I want to begin by thanking the Center for International Trade and Security at the University […]

By Timothy Aeppel Americans love a comeback, including when its factories coming back from overseas. But there’s little hard data about the size or scope of this “reshoring” phenomenon. Enter Harry Moser. Mr. Moser is the retired executive of a machine tool company who created the Reshoring Initiative, a Chicago-area group that promotes and tracks cases of […]

Market Drivers for March 29, 2013 Markets dead due to Easter holiday Amaro wants to sit in on the BOJ meeting Nikkei 0.50% Oil $97.25/bbl Gold $1595/oz. Europe and Asia: JPY Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing PMI 50.4 vs. 48.5 JPY Jobless Rate 4.3% vs. 4.2% JPY Household Spending 0.8% vs. 0.4% JPY National CPI-0.5% vs. -0.6% North […]

New York: A growing number of American companies are moving their manufacturing back to the US, in a strategy known as “reshoring.” Master Lock, in Milwaukee, landed a visit from President Barack Obama after bringing manufacturing jobs back from China. Allison Transmission, a former General Motors unit, shifted the manufacturing of double disc grinders from […]