Import Penetration Still Outweighs Reshoring Trend
In January, the U. S. Business and Industry Council released a report, “Import Penetration Rises again in 2011; Challenges Manufacturing Renaissance, Insourcing Claims,” by Alan Tonelson. According to...
View ArticleDoes it Matter Where Products are Made?
We now live in a globalized economy, and many people say it doesn’t matter where something is made. They say that the industrialization of third world countries is good because it has provided jobs for...
View ArticleIs India a Better Place for Manufacturing than China?
You would think that because India was formerly part of the British Empire and became an independent democracy, there would be less pollution and better working conditions than in China. Well, you...
View ArticleReshoring is Answer to Corporations Cutting U. S. Jobs and Adding Jobs Offshore
As originally reported in a Wall Street Journal article in April 2011, U. S. Department of Commerce data shows that major U. S. corporations cut their work forces in the U. S. by 2.9 million jobs...
View Article“Death by China” Film Shows where all the Jobs Have Gone
Are you wondering where all the good jobs have gone? Why do we have less tax revenues creating an out-of-control Federal budget deficit? Why are you working harder for less money than you did in the...
View ArticleWhy it is Important to Know Where Products are Manufactured
At a time when more consumers are paying attention to where products are made and expressing greater interest in buying “Made in USA” products even if they cost more, there are changes proposed that...
View ArticleCoalition for a Prosperous America’s California Chapter Celebrates the...
The California Chapter of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) held their annual dinner in San Diego on January 11th at the Del Mar Hilton to look back on this year’s work and ahead to the...
View ArticleHas NAFTA Benefited Americans?
By this question, I mean the American people, not America, our country, nor American corporations. There can be diplomatic benefits to trade agreements, such as strengthening our relationships with...
View ArticleTrade Deficit Would Shrink with Stroke of a Pen
Since NAFTA went into effect in 1994, the U. S. has generated the highest trade deficit in the world and the largest in the world’s recorded history. If you add the annual trade deficit in goods as...
View ArticleDefense Department’s Globalization of Supply Chain Threatens our National...
Over three years ago, I wrote an article (May 21, 2012), about the release of the Senate Armed Services Committee report on counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense supply chain. The Committee...
View ArticleEPI Report Claims U.S.-China Trade Deficit Cost 3.4 Million Jobs
On January 31, 2017, the Economic Policy Institute released a report, “Growth in U.S.–China trade deficit between 2001 and 2015 cost 3.4 million jobs,” written by Robert Scott. Scott explained that...
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