How Tariffs Will Impact Us
How Tariffs Will Impact Us by Ryan Seely President Trump promised tariff actions during his campaign and has been quick to enact or threaten to enact them. As of March 10, 2025 the President has placed 20% tariffs on all…
Lessons We Should Have Learned from Our Southern Neighbor
As early as 1970 Mexico saw the writing on the wall. More and more US manufacturing centers in Mexico were being closed and moved to China. The Mexican government decided to become less dependent on foreign-owned manufacturing and build “Mexican…
China’s Investment in Mexico
Over the past three decades, China has established itself as one of the largest players in the world on both economic and political levels. The dramatic rise of China’s power in terms of economics can be attributed to when China…
Harnessing Your Domestic TMS as Reshoring Trends Continue
Of the many things 2020 taught us, one key takeaway was understanding the global supply chain's volatility. In the blink of an eye, offshoring manufacturing halted worldwide, forcing companies to find alternative ways to meet demand and advancing the reshoring…
China Apparel Tariffs – Tranche 4
Tranche 4 shakes up apparel and footwear supply chains after escaping earlier tariffs This story was first published in the weekly newsletter, Supply Chain Dive: Procurement. Sign up here. Dive Insight: Although China is currently the country’s largest supplier of…
Sourcing US Parts Blog Series – Part 4 – Reshoring Injection Molded Parts
Reshoring Injection Molded Plastic Parts, Products, and Components… Guest Blog by Joe Croft – Sare Plastics – Alliance, Ohio There are many compelling arguments for reshoring of manufactured goods, not the least of which is the current state of affairs…
Sourcing US Parts Blog Series – Part 3 – What Is Competitive?
Made in USA Labeling - The Reshoring Institute was asked to assist in researching sources for U.S. made parts for our client. The company wanted to start manufacturing products in the U.S. To label the product “Made in USA” according…
Sourcing US Parts Blog Series – Part 2 – Separating From China
With the announcement of the tariffs, many companies are starting to investigate moving manufacturing back to the U.S. to avoid the tariffs. This is a great idea in theory but as we have learned over the last couple of years…
Reshoring: U.S. vs. China with Vietnam at Bat – Alex Tran
The United States has ordered 10%-25% tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese goods. China retaliated by applying tariffs on $60 billion U.S’s goods imported into China, and has filed two WTO complaints against the U.S. The list of…
Trade War – Sourcing US Parts Blog Series – Part 1 Trending
Ever since Trump announced tariffs on Aluminum and Steel in March 2018, Tariffs and Trade Wars have been “trending”. I get daily Google Alerts for articles on the Trade War between China and the U.S. and every industry has given…
Rising Cost of Doing Business in China by Sean Rothrock
China Tariffs Across many industries, rising costs in China are giving companies significant financial incentive to consider reshoring manufacturing jobs back to the US, or move them to other low-cost nations. Many sectors, such as garment manufacturing, have already moved…
Reshoring to Taiwan – Build Local, Sell Local – Po-Yuen Lin
Growing up in Taiwan, I often heard that products made in the United States or Europe must be superior in exchange for higher prices. But as many companies in the Western world started to outsource their production to China, it…
Lessons in reshoring: How to Move Production Out of China
China Tariffs: The reshoring of manufacturing from China is no longer in question. Whether that work ever makes it back to the U.S., however, is another matter entirely.
China – It’s in the Cards
I love it when today’s politics and current events end up in popular television. I recently finished the second season of Netflix’s House of Cards and my ears always perked up when I heard them mention China. We emphasize Reshoring…