Whitmer travels to South Korea on trade mission with economic and military officials

Her office said the trip aims to recruit business in industries like shipbuilding, advanced manufacturing, and mobility…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/2026-09-14/whitmer-travels-to-south-korea-on-trade-mission-with-economic-and-military-officials

 

Bro was shook when he was confronted with facts. #isaiahmartin #debate

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8N90aDsX4H0

 

General Dynamics Failed to Build Artillery Shells for the Army — ProPublica

The fiasco has cost American taxpayers $533 million, according to the Army. But the Army has not held General Dynamics or a key Turkish subcontractor — which provided the factory’s much-hyped but little-proven equipment — publicly accountable for the failures. Nor has it made General Dynamics pay a penny back. 

 Just the opposite: General Dynamics, one of the world’s largest defense companies, has been showered with new contracts, continuing its track record as one of the greatest beneficiaries of Pentagon spending. The company is still in charge of the factory. It recently announced that it will fix things there by bringing in another much-hyped but little-proven technology...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed

A note on how the economy is doing, from the view of a small fabrication shop

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW3VtonN7W4

 

Democratic lawmakers propose bank funded by China tariffs to boost US manufacturing

Exclusive: Ro Khanna says ‘reindustrialization’ effort would provide grants, loans and investments to smaller businesses…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/23/democrats-ro-khanna-bank-proposal

 

Touted as a "game changer" by former President Joe Biden, Michigan silicon chip manufacturer closing

SK Siltron spokesman Joe Guy Collier said the company originally expanded manufacturing in the U.S. to meet what was then growing customer demand for a specialized product used in electric vehicles. 

“Significant changes in the EV market have created sustained challenges for the silicon carbide wafer business,” said Collier...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2026-07-16/touted-as-a-game-changer-by-former-president-joe-biden-michigan-silicon-chip-manufacturer-closing

 

A year later, here's where things stand on Trump's manufacturing revival - POLITICO

Manufacturing payrolls actually declined slightly over the past year, with 98,000 fewer jobs year-over-year based on the most recent data from the Labor Department. There are 29,900 fewer auto manufacturing jobs and 18,000 fewer wood manufacturing jobs — both sectors the president has tried to protect with trade barriers. New, higher tariffs on steel and aluminum, moreover, have hindered the construction of factories. The industry's hiring rate — often a reflection of confidence in the economic outlook — is lower now than it was at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/manufacturers-still-waiting-trump-tariff-promises-00854987 

Trump’s factory boom isn’t what it looks like - POLITICO

Industry data show that much of the recent surge in construction jobs is tied to data centers and the power infrastructure that supports them, not new factories... 

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/25/trump-factory-boom-data-centers-00798521

 

Bankruptcies hit 15-year high in 2025 as tariffs roiled corporate America - The Washington Post

But in a shift from previous years, the rise in filings is most apparent among industrials — companies tied to manufacturing, construction and transportation. The sector has been hit hard by President Donald Trump's ever-fluid tariff policies — which he's long insisted would revive American manufacturing. The manufacturing sector lost more than 70,000 jobs in the one-year period ending in November, federal data shows…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/27/corporate-bankruptcies-economy/

Unhinged MAGA LOSES BILLIONS at Hyundai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st-RLBlSHl8

 

Tariffs Backfire: GM Loses $5 Billion & Shuts Down Plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYkPBY4UCgQ

 

Is the US in a cardboard box recession? | DW News

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ajgIWUj8Fn0

 

What’s Stopping Companies From Bringing Manufacturing To The U.S.

Today, a little over 12.7 million Americans work in manufacturing. But in the 1970s, that number was nearly 20 million. Over the years, globalization and lowered trade barriers have resulted in cheaper labor abroad and closed factories in America. 

But as President Trump pushes to revitalize manufacturing through tariff policy, economists and trade experts are divided on whether a manufacturing renaissance makes sense for the U.S., which has evolved to a service-based economy. Others say the benefits of onshoring go beyond price: shorter shipping times, better quality control, and supply chain agility, among other advantages. 

To better understand the challenges and possibilities of bringing manufacturing back to the U.S., CNBC visited a Midwestern bike maker shifting its supply chain from China to the U.S.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/QuTxTYNcIjU?si=xkLfawgn3-P5nVpT

‘Terrible fuel efficiency, no right-hand drive’: why trade deal won’t warm up Japan to American cars

US manufacturers like GM and Ford simply don't focus on the Japanese market, according to Miyao. 

"They don't really do any marketing, and often don't even offer right-hand drive models. So the cars don't sell." 

Size is also a problem, Miyao notes. The Ford F-150 pickup is around six metres long and 2 metres high. That kind of vehicular behemoth is particularly ill suited to Japan's narrow roads and tight parking spaces… 

"Going back to the days when we first came across US cars like Cadillacs, they're seen as having terrible fuel efficiency and breaking down easily; that impression hasn't changed much," says Matsuyama…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/26/japan-american-cars-trade-deal

 

Republicans get SURPRISE BAD NEWS ahead of FINAL budget vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qihY-0kY5tc

The U.S. invested in EV battery plants. Now they may be stranded. - The Washington Post

"Legislators should not be surprised if passing the bill as written, they have created the conditions for closure of a facility in their district."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/19/electric-vehicle-battery-plants-us-manufacturing/ 

 

Why Trump's vision to bring home all U.S. manufacturing is 'almost impossible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIzYtZNqVwM

 

The fatal flaw in the #Trump plan to use tariffs and a trade war to bring manufacturing jobs back

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HE8jonPuhmY

 

‘This Could Get Much Uglier’: The Fatal Flaw in Trump’s Trade War - POLITICO

In the meantime, the domestic manufacturing sector is shrinking amid corporate paralysis. "

Manufacturers are putting these decisions on hold," said Jay Timmons, head of the National Association of Manufacturers, in a CNBC interview ahead of the tariff announcement. "They're waiting to see whether they should invest and hire. And that's not good for the economy."...

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-manufacturing-confusion-00267945

 

#Trump #tariffs will annihilate the #construction industry. #contractor ...

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