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The Reshoring Initiative and Walmart Launch Effort to Help Suppliers Reshore

Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Reshoring, Sourcing, Walmart

Reshoring Initiative and Walmart Helping Suppliers Reshore

The Reshoring Initiative recently announced a program in partnership with Walmart to help companies manufacture more consumer products in the United States. Walmart has committed to increase its U.S. purchases by $50 billion annually by…

Currency Manipulation, Economy, Factory Closings, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Trade Deficit

U.S. Factories Still Haven’t Recovered From The Recession

It took less than a year for America's factory output to rebound from the 1991 recession. It took 3½ years to bounce back from the 2001 recession. Now, six years clear of the Great Recession, manufacturing output still hasn't returned to…

Currency Manipulation, Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Trade Deficit

The Trade Deficit is Responsible for Manufacturing Job Loss

Growing trade deficit and the collapse of manufacturing output following the Great Recession are directly responsible for the loss of 5 million U.S. manufacturing jobs that occurred between 2000 and 2014. As the figure below shows, manufacturing…

American Made, Country of Origin (COOL), Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Jobs, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, Production

Chinese Textile Manufacturers Bring Jobs Back to America

Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a vast textile factory in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. Now at the Keer Group’s cotton mill in South Carolina, which opened in March, Ms. Ni is training…

With Yuan Move, China Takes U-Turn, Devaluation comes as officials worry economy is slumping faster than Beijing anticipated

Currency Manipulation, Economy, Exports, Government

Yuan Devaluation: Officials Worry Economy Slumping Faster Than Anticipated

Less than three months before China shocked markets with a surprise devaluation of its currency, a top Chinese exchange-rate official told a closed-door gathering that Beijing had no need for such a dramatic move. Shockwaves from China’s…

Economy, Jobs, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing, Public Policy, Technology

What’s So Great About Manufacturing?

Democrats and Republicans disagree on a lot, but leaders of both parties are as keen now as they were decades ago to embrace manufacturing jobs. G.O.P. Presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, have spoken of a “renaissance”…

American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Small Business, Sourcing, Sustainability

Pros and Cons of Outsourcing US Manufacturing Jobs

WHY MANUFACTURING SHOULD RETURN TO AMERICA There has been a staggering loss of manufacturing jobs in the U.S. since the early 2000s, leaving many formerly booming industrial cities as near ghost towns. While many companies try to justify…

Consumer Products, Country of Origin (COOL), Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, Sourcing, Walmart

7 Key Facts to Keep in Mind about Walmart’s U.S. Manufacturing Summit

It’s been two and a half years since Walmart announced its so-called “U.S. manufacturing initiative”, which means it’s time for another PR-heavy, Walmart manufacturing “summit,” this one in Bentonville, Arkansas on July…

Nike CEO Mark Parker told President Obama about U.S. manufacturing 4 years ago. POTUS, Nike Made in USA, American made Nike, Made in USA Sneakers

American Made, Consumer Products, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, TPP

Nike CEO told POTUS About U.S. Manufacturing 4 Years Ago

When President Obama visited Oregon in 2011, Nike Chief Executive Mark Parker foreshadowed what was on the sneaker giant's horizon. Obama was in the state to visit Intel in Hillsboro. But Parker found a moment to tell the president something…

American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring, Technology, TPP

Nike To Create 10,000 Jobs in U.S. with Approved Trade Pact

As it prepared to welcome President Obama to its headquarters campus Friday morning, Nike announced it would pour more money into advanced footwear manufacturing in the United States if and when the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement…