Tag Archive for: Reshoring

America’s Abandoned Factories Are In Hot Demand
There's a love affair happening with an unlikely type of real estate: America's empty factories and warehouses.
Vacant commercial spaces/factories are in high demand as both startups and multinationals look for facilities to house their U.S.…

How to Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing
Manufacturing - Nine policies that could spark new growth in factory jobs and the economic benefits they bring.
After a long decline, manufacturing is returning to the U.S. Now it may be time for U.S. policy makers to give it an extra boost.
The…

Reshoring And The Apparel Industry
Reshoring - For decades we have been shedding apparel-manufacturing jobs in addition to the entire ecosystem that goes along with them. However, the offshore wages that were once a fraction of U.S. labor costs are escalating. Shipping costs,…

Jobs: Can The Reshoring Initiative Bring Them Back?
Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China,…

Do Trade Agreements Kill Jobs?
International trade agreements: It is remarkable that the one thing leading presidential candidates of both parties agree is bad is the one thing mainstream economists agree is good.
Donald Trump says he’ll scrap them and impose…

Why Clothing Startups Are Returning To American Factories
Startups are returning to American factories, and it's no longer (just) about patriotism or marketing. These brands want to create the best, most innovative clothes in the world.
At the swanky Prudential Center in the heart of Boston's shopping…

China Is Buying Its Way Into the U.S. Economy
The concept of "Made in America" is slowly giving way to "Made by China … in America," as Chinese investors are increasingly snatching up U.S.-based companies and assets and raising the eyebrows of some regulators and market spectators.
Since…

How the TPP Could Affect You and Your Business
On February 4, 2016, President Obama signed the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement on behalf of the United States. The TPP agreement has been in negotiation behind closed doors since 2010 between the United States and 11 other countries around…

Reshoring Effort Returning, Keeping Jobs in USA
The stream of millions of U.S. jobs going overseas has stopped, according to a report from the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative.
The net gain on reshoring and foreign investment in the United States was measured at 67,000 jobs nationwide…

Look Out China, US Manufacturing is Headed for No. 1
Advanced manufacturing technologies are helping to push the United States back toward being the most competitive manufacturing nation in the world, according to a new survey of global CEOs and other senior executives.
While China is the world’s…