Tag: in-sourcing
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A Simple Graph Showing the American Manufacturing Worker Is Suddenly an Incredible Bargain
Atlantic: Showing the American Manufacturing Worker Is Suddenly an Incredible Bargain This month's Atlantic magazine predicts that we are on the verge of a U.S.-based manufacturing renaissance, as companies see the advantages to making more goods at home, such as more control over the final product, lower energy costs from moving goods across an ocean,…
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Finally, Globalization May Help American Workers
U.S. News: Finally, Globalization May Help American Workers It's a stunning thought: The United States, long dependent on foreign oil, may actually achieve energy independence over the next two decades. And by 2030 it could become a net exporter of oil. … … That intriguing possibility has generated most of the headlines, but the IEA…
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Higher costs forcing firms to relocate (from China)
China Daily: Higher costs forcing firms to relocate Jobs going to other countries in China's 'great industry transfer' Rising wages and shrinking export demand are forcing manufacturers to relocate to neighboring Southeast Asian nations and many that remain are seriously considering moving, a foreign trade official from the Ministry of Commerce said. The official, who…