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When Should American Companies Reshore Manufacturing Or Stay In China?

May 16, 2020

When Should American Companies Reshore Production Or Stay In China?

In recent times it's very common to see stories about American companies scrambling to reshore manufacturing and leave China and the data seems to support this trend of reshoring or finding other locations.  However, I suspect the American companies that moved to China for the wrong reasons originally are mainly the ones who are now reshoring back in the US.  Is this the case, though? Let's explore this... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Supply Chain Tagged With: America VS China, chinese suppliers, coronavirus, ppe, reshore, reshore manufacturing, reshoring, reshoring production, usa

China Still Best For New & Complex Manufacturing Projects

September 25, 2019

China Still Best for New and Complex Manufacturing Projects

Steve Dickinson wrote an article (Moving Manufacturing from China: Where you Gonna Run?) that got me thinking about complex manufacturing projects and China. He outlines the main reasons why China became "the factory of the world" so quickly (especially from 1992 to 2005), for small and large buyers alike. Other low-cost Asian countries are now trying to emulate these results and attract manufacturing, and they seem to focus on lower tax rates. Here are two recent articles I found on this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: America VS China, China, China manufacturing, complex manufacturing, moving production from China, sourcing suppliers, tariffs, US-China trade war

How the US/China Trade War Accelerates the ‘Made in China 2025’ Plan

October 26, 2018

How the US/China Trade War Accelerates the ‘Made in China 2025’ Plan

Many journalists wrote about the new tariffs, how the situation will likely evolve over the next few months, and who the winners and losers might end up being. What I realized is, this situation is helping Beijing accelerate the transition of their manufacturing sector toward higher technologies.  Let's look at 3 events that all point to this. 1. The US is stopping trade talks with China (published yesterday) For years, the US has complained American companies can’t fairly compete in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China Insights Tagged With: Alibaba, America VS China, Economic stability, Made in China 2025, national security, R&D, tariffs imported products China, technological independence, Trade war, US intellectual property


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