Reshoring News

Is Reshoring the Right Thing to do?

by admin on December 20, 2024

Is reshoring right, asks Paul Cooper, director and industrial manufacturing specialist at management consultancy Vendigital. Reshoring has become a key focus for many businesses as they aim to mitigate the effects of disruptive supply chain and geopolitical shocks – but is it the right thing to do? Before taking action, they should re-evaluate the factors […]

IoT Analytics released the Q4/2024 results of their quarterly company earnings call analysis. This analysis is based on a comprehensive dataset of over 8,000 earnings calls from ~4,000 global companies listed in the U.S. in Q4 2024 and Q3 2024. CEO discussions were focused on tariffs that saw the highest spike since Q3 2019, reshoring […]

The 2024 U.S. presidential election reignited debates about trade policies that could reshape global supply chains.  With President-elect Donald Trump proposing higher tariffs and reshoring incentives, businesses face the challenge of adapting to rising costs, shifting sourcing strategies, and a potential partial decoupling from China. For retail and manufacturing industries, these shifts present both hurdles […]

Italy embraces ‘reshoring’

by admin on December 19, 2024

With the 2024 Budget Law, the Italian government is looking to launch a package of tax incentives aimed at encouraging the return of Italian manufacturing activities from non-EU and non-EEA countries. This initiative is part of a broader reform of international tax policy designed to make conditions more competitive for Italian businesses and strengthen the […]

The multipolar nature of international relations will “continue to steer economies in a context of strategic reshoring”, reads a 2025 outlook report by Julius Baer. Governments, mindful of strategic vulnerabilities exposed by recent crises, have embraced proactive industrial and fiscal policies aimed at reshoring critical supply chains. These policies, visible through substantial spending programmes across […]

Trump touts solar trade tariffs

by admin on December 16, 2024

From pv magazine USA With passage of the IRA, along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, the United States has a strong industrial policy for the first time in about 50 years. More than $265 billion of clean energy investments have been made, with […]

The Next Big Thing: More Power!

by admin on December 14, 2024

December 13, 2024 – In today’s Big Picture segment of the Financial Sense Newshour, Jim Puplava and Cris Sheridan discuss the increasing strain on the US power grid driven by five converging forces: AI, the cloud, EVs, reshoring of factories, and the energy transition. Electricity demand is rising rapidly, forecasted to grow 16% by 2029, […]

American microchip giant Intel is looking for a new CEO following Pat Gelsinger’s shock resignation. This represents more than just a corporate shake-up. It’s the end of an era in which one company could totally control a strategically vital American technology. Under Intel’s roof is the entire process for making computer chips – from research […]

Trump touts solar trade tariffs

by admin on December 13, 2024

With passage of the IRA, along with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, the United States has a strong industrial policy for the first time in about 50 years. More than $265 billion of clean energy investments have been made, with 330,000-plus new jobs anticipated, […]

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