by Steven Capozzola | Sep 20, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Let's look at some simple stats… U.S. manufacturing employment in January 2000: 17,292,000 U.S. manufacturing employment in January 2012: 11,860,000 Annual U.S. trade deficit with China in 2000: $83.8 billion Annual U.S. trade deficit with China in 2011: $295.4...
by Steven Capozzola | Aug 10, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
It's interesting to see the U.S. competing head-to-head with China for the top of the Olympic medal standings. As Andrew Weber points out in USA Today, for decades this close competition was instead the exclusive battle of the U.S. vs. the USSR. But times have...
by Steven Capozzola | Jul 26, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Kudos to Matt Miller in the Washington Post for asking the $295 billion question-- WHO'S GOT THE GUTS TO FINALLY GET TOUGH ON CHINA? While ManufactureThis has been saying for years that it's time to tackle China's egregious cheating at world trade, it's nice to see...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
The New York Times' Keith Bradsher reports that China's domestic economy has been stumbling of late due to a slowdown in construction and a sluggish retail market. But that's not a major problem because China has an ace-in-the-hole. Whenever the economy of the...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
We've reported frequently on the abusive labor practices and suicides at Apple's Foxconn factory in China. Essentially, Apple outsources the production of its iPad and iPhone to a massive labor facility in Chengdu, China. On the plus side for Apple, labor...
