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U.S. Manufacturers Can Reshore Production Without Increasing Costs

May 2022 Over the last 20 years U.S. manufacturers have seen large numbers of jobs being lost while production has been “outsourced” to Low-Cost Countries (LCCs). Even though much lip service has been given to …

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