Reshoring News

83% of fashion companies plan to reduce China sourcing  Supply Chain Dive

Rising production and sourcing costs and protectionist trade policies are fashion companies’ top business challenges in 2019, according to a report from the …

Shrinking supply chains and trade wars: Is globalization unraveling?  Crain’s Detroit Business

For two decades since 1990, globalization boomed, trade borders eroded and billions were lifted out of poverty. U.S. manufacturers chased cheap labor and …

China’s changing role as the go-to for clothes sourcing  just-style.com

China’s role as the clothes sourcing go-to for most of the apparel industry is set to change, driven by a perfect storm of factors including labour costs, exchange …

A US supply chain for the 21st Century  Knitting Industry

As a result of changing global market conditions and higher labour costs around the world, aligned with the emergence of a spate of new internet-fuelled apparel …

American Manufacturing Is Growing, but Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t the Reason Why  Reason

A new report shows that American imports from Asia continue to grow, although the tariffs might be responsible for shifting some manufacturing from China to …

New bill would increase access to capital for small manufacturers  Supply Chain Dive

Representatives Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, and Tom Reed, R-NY, introduced the Strengthening Investment to Grow Manufacturing in America (SIGMA) Act this week …

Reshoring debate rages on  Plastics Today

An article on two recent reshoring reports that came to different conclusions prompted a feisty response from the Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser.

Supply Chain News: US Imports from Asia Continue to Soar, even if China Share is Declining  Supply Chain Digest

If the goal of US tariffs on Chinese imports was to bolster US manufacturing, it doesn’t seem to be working. The latest annual report from the consultants at AT …