This is from last month: Despite China's might, U.S. factories maintain edge U.S. factories out-produce Chinese manufacturers by more than 40% http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41349653/ns/business-us_business/
What's changed is that U.S. manufacturers have abandoned products with thin profit margins, like consumer electronics, toys and shoes. They've ceded that sector to China, Indonesia and other emerging nations with low labor costs. Instead, American factories have seized upon complex and expensive goods requiring specialized labor: industrial lathes, computer chips, fighter jets, health care products. ... This lists some of those jobs http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704029704576088412618821224.html . On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Pretty much everything since our manufacturing capacity all moved >> offshore... > > This article claims that China and the US are essentially tied for #1 > in manufacturing right now... > http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/03/14/emerging-economies-flex-manufacturing-muscle/ > > But we still beat the crap out of them in productivity, and in the > types of things we manufacture. > http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/03/10/can-china-compete-with-american-manufacturing/ > > -Cameron > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
