Because if it needs to be made at all, you are talking to a moron
Murka. China. IT'S ON. [US Dials Up On Another $200 Billion Plus Another Possible $200B For $450B]
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Because if it needs to be made at all, you are talking to a moron
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I think his intent is good in this regard but his preferred style of negotiation is brinkmanship. When it works it's extremely effective but when it fails it will be not his problem anymore.
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There's plenty of people who would seem blissfully unaware of it, including those who pen articles for major news outlets. I don't know if it necessarily makes them a "moron" as much as it does misinformed - if they aren't deliberately spreading propaganda, of course.
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Don't know if this is really a smart move considering that China owns almost 20% of America's debt.
The U.S. debt to China is $1.19 trillion as of March 2018. That's 19 percent of the $6.29 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries. The rest of the $21 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself.
The U.S. debt to China is $1.19 trillion as of March 2018. That's 19 percent of the $6.29 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by foreign countries. The rest of the $21 trillion national debt is owned by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself.
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He's more likely to change his mind unexpectedly and leave everyone confused, his surrogates scrambling to explain his new line of thinking
But oops, another bizarre policy tweet throws everything back into chaos
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Try reading that again. It is 20% of the portion that is held by foreign countries. More like 5% of America's debt.
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Bye China.
How The US Plans To Replace China As The World's Largest Manufacturer
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report.
The report forecasts that the US Industry 4.0 market will grow at a CAGR of 12.9% during 2016-2023, in hopes of dominating the manufacturing race against China once again. China displaced the United States as the largest manufacturing country in 2010.
In the US, every dollar earned in manufacturing reportedly contributes $1.4 to the economy and for every manufacturing job created, approximately 2 jobs are created in other fields. Therefore, the US considers growth of the manufacturing sector a major success for the economy and is ready to invest considerable budgets to achieve it. It is understood that any efforts to reinvent US manufacturing by leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to create smart factories will have a substantial impact on US economic growth.
Restoring manufacturing jobs to the United States struggling Rust Belt communities and corporate tax cuts were two of President Donald Trump's biggest campaign promises. It is expected that Trump's administration will follow Obama's Industry 4.0 policy (2011): the formation of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry and the federal government to invest in Industry 4.0 technologies.
The Industry 4.0 transformation holds immense potential. Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, so that even one-off items can be manufactured profitably. In Industry 4.0, dynamic business and engineering processes enable last-minute changes to production and deliver the ability to respond flexibly to disruptions and failures on behalf of suppliers. With more efficient and optimized production in manufacturing, the entire sector is likely to thrive and rise again as a frontrunner of the US economy.
NOTE: The US 'Industrial Output' mentioned in the article doesn't take into account mining (oil and gas extraction) nor construction from what I can tell, which would actually bring the 2017 GDP output figure to around $3.65 trillion which is consistent with the CIA World Factbook.
OZY: The US Is Beating China On The Factory Floor. This Is Why.
What’s behind America’s new place at the front of the pack? It comes down to an ongoing economic boom that some analysts are calling “Manufacturing 4.0” or “Next Manufacturing.” Manufacturers are finding that the total cost of ownership (TCO) favors U.S.-based factory production, explains Harry Moser, founder and president of the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit think tank that supports U.S.-based manufacturing.
The domestic energy boom in natural gas and fracking has lowered the cost of materials and operations, prompting more factories to return to U.S. soil. Then there’s proximity to a growing field of local suppliers that provide raw materials. And keeping production in the country means there are no duties and tariffs, reduced inventory carrying costs and R&D innovations on the factory floor aren’t at risk of intellectual property theft. Also, the U.S. doesn’t have to lower its prices or wages to be competitive with China; it needs only “a lower total cost to produce that product,” Moser explains.
But it’s about big data and high-tech innovations, too. Manufacturing is increasingly using predictive capabilities to generate value and create more efficient, lower-cost logistics to handle materials throughout the supply chain. U.S. labor costs are still higher than those of other nations, but the ability to create smart products and smart factories will make this less relevant over time.
There are potential obstacles in the United States’ race to No. 1. For one, the continued strength of the dollar could dampen international sales of U.S. industrial exports. Smart factories need skilled labor, and the number of STEM graduates and “upskilled” workers who have received technical training may not be able to keep pace with demand. What’s not going to be a problem? Robots taking jobs. Thirty-seven percent of U.S. industrialists say their need for skilled labor will actually increase as physical production becomes automated, according to a recent survey by PwC.
Reshoring Initiative Data Report: Reshoring Plus FDI Job Announcements Up 2,800% Since 2010
In 2017 the combined reshoring and related foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements surged, adding over 171,000 jobs in 2017, with an additional 67,000 in revisions to the years 2010 through 2016. This brings the total number of manufacturing jobs brought to the U.S. from offshore to over 576,000 since the manufacturing employment low of 2010. The 171,000 reshoring and FDI job announcements equal 90% of the 189,000 total manufacturing jobs added in 2017.In 2017 announcements of combined Reshoring and FDI jobs were up 122% compared to unrevised 2016 totals and 52% compared to revised 2016 totals.
How The US Plans To Replace China As The World's Largest Manufacturer
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report.
The report forecasts that the US Industry 4.0 market will grow at a CAGR of 12.9% during 2016-2023, in hopes of dominating the manufacturing race against China once again. China displaced the United States as the largest manufacturing country in 2010.
In the US, every dollar earned in manufacturing reportedly contributes $1.4 to the economy and for every manufacturing job created, approximately 2 jobs are created in other fields. Therefore, the US considers growth of the manufacturing sector a major success for the economy and is ready to invest considerable budgets to achieve it. It is understood that any efforts to reinvent US manufacturing by leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to create smart factories will have a substantial impact on US economic growth.
Restoring manufacturing jobs to the United States struggling Rust Belt communities and corporate tax cuts were two of President Donald Trump's biggest campaign promises. It is expected that Trump's administration will follow Obama's Industry 4.0 policy (2011): the formation of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry and the federal government to invest in Industry 4.0 technologies.
The Industry 4.0 transformation holds immense potential. Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, so that even one-off items can be manufactured profitably. In Industry 4.0, dynamic business and engineering processes enable last-minute changes to production and deliver the ability to respond flexibly to disruptions and failures on behalf of suppliers. With more efficient and optimized production in manufacturing, the entire sector is likely to thrive and rise again as a frontrunner of the US economy.
NOTE: The US 'Industrial Output' mentioned in the article doesn't take into account mining (oil and gas extraction) nor construction from what I can tell, which would actually bring the 2017 GDP output figure to around $3.65 trillion which is consistent with the CIA World Factbook.
OZY: The US Is Beating China On The Factory Floor. This Is Why.
What’s behind America’s new place at the front of the pack? It comes down to an ongoing economic boom that some analysts are calling “Manufacturing 4.0” or “Next Manufacturing.” Manufacturers are finding that the total cost of ownership (TCO) favors U.S.-based factory production, explains Harry Moser, founder and president of the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit think tank that supports U.S.-based manufacturing.
The domestic energy boom in natural gas and fracking has lowered the cost of materials and operations, prompting more factories to return to U.S. soil. Then there’s proximity to a growing field of local suppliers that provide raw materials. And keeping production in the country means there are no duties and tariffs, reduced inventory carrying costs and R&D innovations on the factory floor aren’t at risk of intellectual property theft. Also, the U.S. doesn’t have to lower its prices or wages to be competitive with China; it needs only “a lower total cost to produce that product,” Moser explains.
But it’s about big data and high-tech innovations, too. Manufacturing is increasingly using predictive capabilities to generate value and create more efficient, lower-cost logistics to handle materials throughout the supply chain. U.S. labor costs are still higher than those of other nations, but the ability to create smart products and smart factories will make this less relevant over time.
There are potential obstacles in the United States’ race to No. 1. For one, the continued strength of the dollar could dampen international sales of U.S. industrial exports. Smart factories need skilled labor, and the number of STEM graduates and “upskilled” workers who have received technical training may not be able to keep pace with demand. What’s not going to be a problem? Robots taking jobs. Thirty-seven percent of U.S. industrialists say their need for skilled labor will actually increase as physical production becomes automated, according to a recent survey by PwC.
Reshoring Initiative Data Report: Reshoring Plus FDI Job Announcements Up 2,800% Since 2010
In 2017 the combined reshoring and related foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements surged, adding over 171,000 jobs in 2017, with an additional 67,000 in revisions to the years 2010 through 2016. This brings the total number of manufacturing jobs brought to the U.S. from offshore to over 576,000 since the manufacturing employment low of 2010. The 171,000 reshoring and FDI job announcements equal 90% of the 189,000 total manufacturing jobs added in 2017.In 2017 announcements of combined Reshoring and FDI jobs were up 122% compared to unrevised 2016 totals and 52% compared to revised 2016 totals.
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So long Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Financial Times: US Set To Overtake Saudi Arabia And Rival Russia In Crude Output
US crude production is on course to overtake Saudi Arabia and rival Russia, the International Energy Agency said, as it revised higher its 2018 growth forecast and stressed that “explosive” expansion in shale was offsetting OPEC-led supply cuts.
In its closely watched monthly oil market report published on Friday, the IEA said production growth was returning “to the heady days of 2013-2015”, even as the Paris-based body said global supply and demand would broadly find balance this year. The latest body to raise US estimates, following the US energy department’s statistics arm and OPECs own research unit, the IEA said: “This year promises to be a record-setting one for the US.”
OP Citi: US To Become World's Top Oil Exporter
As global oil markets shift their attention from U.S. shale oil production back to a resurgent Saudi Arabia and Russia and geopolitical concerns bearing down on oil prices, Citigroup said last Wednesday that the U.S. is poised to surpass Saudi Arabia next year as the world’s largest exporter of crude and oil products.
The U.S. exported a record 8.3 million barrels per day (bpd) last week of crude oil and petroleum products, the government also said Wednesday. Top crude oil exporter Saudi Arabia’s, for its part, exported 9.3 million bpd in January, while Russia exported 7.4 million bpd, the bank added.
It's probably best paraphrased by political intelligence consultant Gary K. Busch:
"There were lessons learned in the production of fracked oil and gas in the United States with OPEC’s desire to drive the US industry to its knees and start an oil pricing war to make fracking uncompetitive. Instead of folding up their hands, US producers innovated new processes and introduced new technologies which drove down operating costs. Now, OPEC cannot compete and is fighting a losing battle to drive out US shale. America will be self-sufficient in energy by late 2019.
There are numerous new techniques being applied including smart drill-bits with computer chips that can seek out cracks in the rock and adjust the drilling accordingly, fully degradable fracture balls and seats to isolate zones during well stimulation that eliminates previous limitations on lateral lengths and maximizes estimated ultimate recovery while reducing risks and costs as well as expandable tubulars, more cost-effective rotary steerable systems, and intelligent drill pipe for high-rate bottomhole data telemetry drilling to depths no longer limited by initial hole diameter.”
Financial Times: US Set To Overtake Saudi Arabia And Rival Russia In Crude Output
US crude production is on course to overtake Saudi Arabia and rival Russia, the International Energy Agency said, as it revised higher its 2018 growth forecast and stressed that “explosive” expansion in shale was offsetting OPEC-led supply cuts.
In its closely watched monthly oil market report published on Friday, the IEA said production growth was returning “to the heady days of 2013-2015”, even as the Paris-based body said global supply and demand would broadly find balance this year. The latest body to raise US estimates, following the US energy department’s statistics arm and OPECs own research unit, the IEA said: “This year promises to be a record-setting one for the US.”
OP Citi: US To Become World's Top Oil Exporter
As global oil markets shift their attention from U.S. shale oil production back to a resurgent Saudi Arabia and Russia and geopolitical concerns bearing down on oil prices, Citigroup said last Wednesday that the U.S. is poised to surpass Saudi Arabia next year as the world’s largest exporter of crude and oil products.
The U.S. exported a record 8.3 million barrels per day (bpd) last week of crude oil and petroleum products, the government also said Wednesday. Top crude oil exporter Saudi Arabia’s, for its part, exported 9.3 million bpd in January, while Russia exported 7.4 million bpd, the bank added.
It's probably best paraphrased by political intelligence consultant Gary K. Busch:
"There were lessons learned in the production of fracked oil and gas in the United States with OPEC’s desire to drive the US industry to its knees and start an oil pricing war to make fracking uncompetitive. Instead of folding up their hands, US producers innovated new processes and introduced new technologies which drove down operating costs. Now, OPEC cannot compete and is fighting a losing battle to drive out US shale. America will be self-sufficient in energy by late 2019.
There are numerous new techniques being applied including smart drill-bits with computer chips that can seek out cracks in the rock and adjust the drilling accordingly, fully degradable fracture balls and seats to isolate zones during well stimulation that eliminates previous limitations on lateral lengths and maximizes estimated ultimate recovery while reducing risks and costs as well as expandable tubulars, more cost-effective rotary steerable systems, and intelligent drill pipe for high-rate bottomhole data telemetry drilling to depths no longer limited by initial hole diameter.”
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The weaponisation of the US financial system should be a stark warning to any firm that uses US suppliers that the tap can be switched off at any time. If I was any other firm I would be looking to move away from American part suppliers asap; or at a government level, stimulating those industries, to replace reliance on US products. If anything Made in China 2025 will probably be considered more important than ever. This will just be a massive own-goal imo and will just accelarate the trend. Instead of competing, the US is seeking to hold back its competitors be exercising its power.
The ZTE ban was another example of the US forcing its foreign policy on others - as with its other bullshit extra-territorial sanctions, that don't affect American as all, but harm European business and energy supplies.
The ZTE ban was another example of the US forcing its foreign policy on others - as with its other bullshit extra-territorial sanctions, that don't affect American as all, but harm European business and energy supplies.
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Bye China.
How The US Plans To Replace China As The World's Largest Manufacturer
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report.
The report forecasts that the US Industry 4.0 market will grow at a CAGR of 12.9% during 2016-2023, in hopes of dominating the manufacturing race against China once again. China displaced the United States as the largest manufacturing country in 2010.
In the US, every dollar earned in manufacturing reportedly contributes $1.4 to the economy and for every manufacturing job created, approximately 2 jobs are created in other fields. Therefore, the US considers growth of the manufacturing sector a major success for the economy and is ready to invest considerable budgets to achieve it. It is understood that any efforts to reinvent US manufacturing by leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to create smart factories will have a substantial impact on US economic growth.
Restoring manufacturing jobs to the United States struggling Rust Belt communities and corporate tax cuts were two of President Donald Trump's biggest campaign promises. It is expected that Trump's administration will follow Obama's Industry 4.0 policy (2011): the formation of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry and the federal government to invest in Industry 4.0 technologies.
The Industry 4.0 transformation holds immense potential. Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, so that even one-off items can be manufactured profitably. In Industry 4.0, dynamic business and engineering processes enable last-minute changes to production and deliver the ability to respond flexibly to disruptions and failures on behalf of suppliers. With more efficient and optimized production in manufacturing, the entire sector is likely to thrive and rise again as a frontrunner of the US economy.
NOTE: The US 'Industrial Output' mentioned in the article doesn't take into account mining (oil and gas extraction) nor construction from what I can tell, which would actually bring the 2017 GDP output figure to around $3.65 trillion which is consistent with the CIA World Factbook.
OZY: The US Is Beating China On The Factory Floor. This Is Why.
What’s behind America’s new place at the front of the pack? It comes down to an ongoing economic boom that some analysts are calling “Manufacturing 4.0” or “Next Manufacturing.” Manufacturers are finding that the total cost of ownership (TCO) favors U.S.-based factory production, explains Harry Moser, founder and president of the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit think tank that supports U.S.-based manufacturing.
The domestic energy boom in natural gas and fracking has lowered the cost of materials and operations, prompting more factories to return to U.S. soil. Then there’s proximity to a growing field of local suppliers that provide raw materials. And keeping production in the country means there are no duties and tariffs, reduced inventory carrying costs and R&D innovations on the factory floor aren’t at risk of intellectual property theft. Also, the U.S. doesn’t have to lower its prices or wages to be competitive with China; it needs only “a lower total cost to produce that product,” Moser explains.
But it’s about big data and high-tech innovations, too. Manufacturing is increasingly using predictive capabilities to generate value and create more efficient, lower-cost logistics to handle materials throughout the supply chain. U.S. labor costs are still higher than those of other nations, but the ability to create smart products and smart factories will make this less relevant over time.
There are potential obstacles in the United States’ race to No. 1. For one, the continued strength of the dollar could dampen international sales of U.S. industrial exports. Smart factories need skilled labor, and the number of STEM graduates and “upskilled” workers who have received technical training may not be able to keep pace with demand. What’s not going to be a problem? Robots taking jobs. Thirty-seven percent of U.S. industrialists say their need for skilled labor will actually increase as physical production becomes automated, according to a recent survey by PwC.
Reshoring Initiative Data Report: Reshoring Plus FDI Job Announcements Up 2,800% Since 2010
In 2017 the combined reshoring and related foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements surged, adding over 171,000 jobs in 2017, with an additional 67,000 in revisions to the years 2010 through 2016. This brings the total number of manufacturing jobs brought to the U.S. from offshore to over 576,000 since the manufacturing employment low of 2010. The 171,000 reshoring and FDI job announcements equal 90% of the 189,000 total manufacturing jobs added in 2017.In 2017 announcements of combined Reshoring and FDI jobs were up 122% compared to unrevised 2016 totals and 52% compared to revised 2016 totals.
What's wrong with manufacturing outside the US? Trump has all his manufacturing in cheap labor countries and if it's good enough for him it should be good enough for everyone.
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Why wouldn't the US compete? It's in the midst of blowing China and OPEC the fuck out on their own turf in hallmark sectors despite an array of disadvantages to overcome.
In terms of science, technology and innovation there are no weak spots: from research universities (Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Caltech) to national labs (JPL, Los Alamos, Lincoln, LBNL, LLNL) to intramural agencies (NIH, NASA, DARPA, DOE) to industry (Boeing, Lockheed, SpaceX, IBM, Intel, Qualcomm). Staging a concentrated, industrialized effort to steal intellectual property and trade secrets is not competing. I'm looking forward to China being exposed for the glass jawed joke that it is.
This is fun stuff too.
European Paradox or Delusion - Are European Science and Economy Outdated?
The European Union (EU) seems to presume [V-2 Edit: A whole bunch of utter horseshite] that the mass production of European research papers indicates that Europe is a leading scientific power, and the so-called European paradox of strong science but weak technology is due to inefficiencies in the utilization of this top level European science by European industry. We fundamentally disagree, and will show that Europe lags far behind the USA in the production of important, highly cited research.
We will show that there is a consistent weakening of European science as one ascends the citation scale, with the EU almost twice as effective in the production of minimal impact papers, while the USA is at least twice as effective in the production of very highly cited scientific papers, and garnering Nobel prizes. Only in the highly multinational, collaborative fields of physics and clinical medicine does the EU seem to approach the USA in top scale impact.
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There's no doubt the US is an amazing place.
I just object to the weaponisation of their financial system to stop others from competing.
As far as I see it the US is just going to spur on the likes of Europe and China to eschew US products in favour of their own. China will catch-up with the amount of money they're investing, and recent US actions are only likely to stress the importance of continuing on that path.
With Trump being an idiot and picking trade spats with nearly everyone I can only hope he gets routed in November. Remember that tariffs are a tax on the consumer, and things will start to bite just in time for November.
I just object to the weaponisation of their financial system to stop others from competing.
As far as I see it the US is just going to spur on the likes of Europe and China to eschew US products in favour of their own. China will catch-up with the amount of money they're investing, and recent US actions are only likely to stress the importance of continuing on that path.
With Trump being an idiot and picking trade spats with nearly everyone I can only hope he gets routed in November. Remember that tariffs are a tax on the consumer, and things will start to bite just in time for November.
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Reads like a recipe for pie in the sky.Bye China.
How The US Plans To Replace China As The World's Largest Manufacturer
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report
The United States, the world's second largest manufacturer with a 2017 industrial output reaching a record of approximately $2.2 trillion, will reportedly apply Industry 4.0 technologies to replace China as the world's largest manufacturer. This is what leading research firm Industry 4.0 Market Research reveals in its new report.
The report forecasts that the US Industry 4.0 market will grow at a CAGR of 12.9% during 2016-2023, in hopes of dominating the manufacturing race against China once again. China displaced the United States as the largest manufacturing country in 2010.
In the US, every dollar earned in manufacturing reportedly contributes $1.4 to the economy and for every manufacturing job created, approximately 2 jobs are created in other fields. Therefore, the US considers growth of the manufacturing sector a major success for the economy and is ready to invest considerable budgets to achieve it. It is understood that any efforts to reinvent US manufacturing by leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies to create smart factories will have a substantial impact on US economic growth.
Restoring manufacturing jobs to the United States struggling Rust Belt communities and corporate tax cuts were two of President Donald Trump's biggest campaign promises. It is expected that Trump's administration will follow Obama's Industry 4.0 policy (2011): the formation of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry and the federal government to invest in Industry 4.0 technologies.
The Industry 4.0 transformation holds immense potential. Smart factories allow individual customer requirements to be met, so that even one-off items can be manufactured profitably. In Industry 4.0, dynamic business and engineering processes enable last-minute changes to production and deliver the ability to respond flexibly to disruptions and failures on behalf of suppliers. With more efficient and optimized production in manufacturing, the entire sector is likely to thrive and rise again as a frontrunner of the US economy.
NOTE: The US 'Industrial Output' mentioned in the article doesn't take into account mining (oil and gas extraction) nor construction from what I can tell, which would actually bring the 2017 GDP output figure to around $3.65 trillion which is consistent with the CIA World Factbook.
OZY: The US Is Beating China On The Factory Floor. This Is Why.
What’s behind America’s new place at the front of the pack? It comes down to an ongoing economic boom that some analysts are calling “Manufacturing 4.0” or “Next Manufacturing.” Manufacturers are finding that the total cost of ownership (TCO) favors U.S.-based factory production, explains Harry Moser, founder and president of the Chicago-based Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit think tank that supports U.S.-based manufacturing.
The domestic energy boom in natural gas and fracking has lowered the cost of materials and operations, prompting more factories to return to U.S. soil. Then there’s proximity to a growing field of local suppliers that provide raw materials. And keeping production in the country means there are no duties and tariffs, reduced inventory carrying costs and R&D innovations on the factory floor aren’t at risk of intellectual property theft. Also, the U.S. doesn’t have to lower its prices or wages to be competitive with China; it needs only “a lower total cost to produce that product,” Moser explains.
But it’s about big data and high-tech innovations, too. Manufacturing is increasingly using predictive capabilities to generate value and create more efficient, lower-cost logistics to handle materials throughout the supply chain. U.S. labor costs are still higher than those of other nations, but the ability to create smart products and smart factories will make this less relevant over time.
There are potential obstacles in the United States’ race to No. 1. For one, the continued strength of the dollar could dampen international sales of U.S. industrial exports. Smart factories need skilled labor, and the number of STEM graduates and “upskilled” workers who have received technical training may not be able to keep pace with demand. What’s not going to be a problem? Robots taking jobs. Thirty-seven percent of U.S. industrialists say their need for skilled labor will actually increase as physical production becomes automated, according to a recent survey by PwC.
Reshoring Initiative Data Report: Reshoring Plus FDI Job Announcements Up 2,800% Since 2010
In 2017 the combined reshoring and related foreign direct investment (FDI) announcements surged, adding over 171,000 jobs in 2017, with an additional 67,000 in revisions to the years 2010 through 2016. This brings the total number of manufacturing jobs brought to the U.S. from offshore to over 576,000 since the manufacturing employment low of 2010. The 171,000 reshoring and FDI job announcements equal 90% of the 189,000 total manufacturing jobs added in 2017.In 2017 announcements of combined Reshoring and FDI jobs were up 122% compared to unrevised 2016 totals and 52% compared to revised 2016 totals.
Mmmmm, delicious floating pie
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Your "burdensome" aspect was that the US needed to keep and increase a massive deposit of gold.
But you already pointed out an statement that says that the entire US trade deficit is based on fiat currency, basically the Fed can in a second create out of nowhere enough money to pay all those deficits.
How is that burdensome?
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Seems all the world leaders also watch cnn fake news and beleive trump is just playing games. They about to get chin checked with teh jab and if they're lucky we won't ko them stiff with the straight right. You've been warned
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For the sake of brevity:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/07/an-exorbitant-burden/amp/
As I noted.
Most people don't know how debt works.
