In an era of misinformation overload, it is disheartening to see the Washington Post perpetuating the ignorance surrounding the issue of outsourcing. To be sure, in addressing the topic in Tuesday’s paper, writers Tom Hamburger, Carol D. Leonnig, and Zachary A. Goldfarb were merely presenting the case of Obama’s critics “primarily on the political left,” who […]

The U.S. presidential campaign seems to have time-traveled back to 1992, when independent candidate Ross Perot thought he heard the “giant sucking sound” of American jobs moving to Mexico. Perot lost his presidential bid, along with the argument against globalization. The winner, Bill Clinton, went on to sign the North American Free Trade Agreement. The […]

Job creation and the economy will undoubtedly be the big issues in the presidential campaign, but so far both President Barack Obama and GOP presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney have only been paying lip service on ways to keep our country competitive economically.  China bashing may play well in sound bites, but it won’t solve […]

With a few US-based manufacturers “reshoring” some or all of their Chinese operations, questions have arisen about the impact on China’s economy and how many jobs will actually return to the United States. Joseph Boris，Ariel Tung from New York and Qiu Quanlin from Guangzhou report. Companies, including General Electric, have defended their efforts in reshoring […]