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Rethinking Your Supply Chain in an Era of Protectionism

Harvard Business Review

In 2004, the cost of manufacturing on the east coast of China was approximately 15 percentage points cheaper, on average, than in the United States. Advances in manufacturing technology. Of the major manufacturing sectors, only chemicals, food, and beverages and tobacco products saw a meaningful increase in the number of firms.