China Trade, Outsourcing, and Jobs
Growing U.S. trade deficit and outsourcing with China cost 3.2 million jobs between 2001 and 2013, with job losses in every state.
China Trade, Outsourcing, and Jobs
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Manufacturers in U.S. Still Outpacing Rest of World
Yet strength of ISM index might be overstated, some say
Manufacturers in the U.S. barely slowed down in November even as major competitors around the world continued to scale back production.
The Institute for Supply Management said…
Chicken From China Labeled “Made In America”
Yet again another food scandal is among us as the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently agreed to allow four chicken processing plants in China to raise and slaughter their chickens in the U.S., export them to China for processing,…
Ford Adding 850 New Jobs To Build 2015 F-150
Ford Adding 850 New Jobs To Build 2015 F-150. Ford announced today it will add 850 new jobs in Dearborn to build the all-new 2015 F-150 pickup that is the automaker's most advanced pickup in 66 years.
The new hires will be sprinkled…
New Balance Shoe: Materials Aren’t All Made in USA
New Balance—the iconic U.S. sneaker maker—has long marched to its own drummer on "Made in USA" labels.
Are New Balance Shoes Considered Made in USA?
About a quarter of the shoes New Balance sells in America are churned out of the company's…
Lincoln Logs to be ‘Made in USA’ Again Creating Jobs in the Process
Lincoln Logs, the popular building toy created nearly a century ago by a son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is coming home to the U.S. Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced the logs, used by generations of kids to create miniature buildings,…
Made in America: Why American Giant Didn’t Want to Build Factories in China
American Giant: Made in America.
With the prevalence of outsourcing factory work to Bangladesh and China, fewer retailers can use those three short words on popular clothing.
Three years into its existence, American Giant is sticking…
Is New Balance Making the U.S. Military’s Only Training Shoe?
Training shoes, the last part of U.S. military uniforms that isn’t required to be 100 percent U.S.-made and -sourced, could soon go all-American. How New Balance could be set to profit.
The shoes American soldiers wear when they train…
Tesla Finds Home in Nevada
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Tesla finds home in Nevada! Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Thursday that Nevada won a high-stakes battle with four other states for Tesla Motors' coveted battery factory, but the win comes with a hefty price tag…
Why ‘Made in the USA’ is hard for Walmart to achieve
Walmart has pledged to buy an additional $250 billion in US-made products. But finding quality, low-cost US made goods is proving a challenge. How Walmart is acting as a catalyst for 'Made in the USA' manufacturing.
When Walmart pledged…
