Reshoring & Friendshoring — the strategy behind it

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Reshoring Rewired the Boardroom Faster Than It Rewired a Single Factory Floor

Headlines say 287,000 jobs came home in 2023. The Reshoring Initiative's own report calls that the second-highest year ever - and admits the hiring is mostly a promise. Meanwhile manufacturing construction spending is down 21% from its 2024 peak. The strategy moved; the steel didn't.

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