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RIP Manufacturing Renaissance (and Reshoring) Claims
Because manufacturers (and others) don’t always do what they say, surveys of their intentions on hiring and investment and the like should always be taken with a big boulder of salt – the more so...
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Reshoring Data Reveals Progress, Problems for Reclaiming Jobs
The Reshoring Initiative, a not-for-profit organization that helps manufacturers recognize the profit potential for adopting local sourcing and production, issued its 2015 Reshoring Report, documenting...
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Counterfeit on Amazon
Amazon.com (AMZN) is finally taking counterfeiters to court. The e-commerce giant for the first time has filed lawsuits against counterfeit sellers, after a number of businesses on Amazon voiced...
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An iPhone made in the US? Apple is considering it….
Apple has reportedly asked key iPhone manufacturer,partners, namely Foxconn and Pegatron, to investigate ways to bring the iPhone assembly supply chain into the United States. Today, all iPhones (and...
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Ford NOT moving Lincoln SUV to Mexico
By David Shepardson | WASHINGTON On Thursday, Trump posted on Twitter: “I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to the great State of Kentucky for their...
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Trump tells manufacturers he will cut regulations, taxes, but must reshore
Reuters By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump met with a dozen American manufacturers at the White House on Monday, pledging to slash regulations and cut corporate...
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Auto Chiefs Concerned with NAFTA Stance
The auto industry has warned that significant changes to the so-called rules of origin could undercut the president’s America-first goals. Top executives from Detroit automakers met Monday with Vice...
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Adam Reiser: Trump administration struggles to enforce ‘Buy American’ EO 13788
Nearly eight months after President Donald J. Trump signed his executive order “Buy American and Hire American,” an expert on certifying whether goods are made in the United States shared with Big...
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USDA’s School Lunch program must now comply with the recently signed E.O. 13788
Buy American Act Certified On April 18th, 2017, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order #13788 into effect reinforcing the Buy American Act and requiring the US government to start implementing...
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`Made in the U.S.A.’ Turbines Cloud U.S. Offshore Wind
With state officials eyeing $56 billion of wind farm projects off the American coastline, developers are worried the turbines will need to be stamped with a big “Made in the U.S.A.” Each structure is...
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