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American Apparel Closing Underperforming Stores

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American Apparel will close underperforming stores and cut jobs as part of a $30 million cost-cutting strategy to turn its floundering business around. Read more

After Doubts, Economists Find China Kills U.S. Factory Jobs

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A generation of economists trained to believe that trade had little to do with the long decline in high-paying U.S. factory jobs is changing its mind. Read more

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Manufacturing Plant in Gulfport to Expand and Hire 200 More Workers

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Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Biggest Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of

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A huge but little-known trade agreement could transform America’s foreign relations. What it is and why it matters. Read more

Economy Picking Up Steam. Most Americans Not Feeling It

in Economy, Jobs, Middles Class, Politics, Public Policy/by The Made in America Movement Team

The U.S. economy is picking up steam but most Americans aren’t feeling it. By contrast, most European economies are still in bad shape, but most Europeans are doing relatively well.

Manufacturing: If You Can Make It Here, Don’t Make It Anywhere Else

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People are often surprised when I tell them that my company produces 100 percent of its products here in the United States. After all, my firm, WallMonkeys makes custom wall decals at a time when cheap vinyl stickers fill the aisles at Target and 99-cent stores. According to the prevailing wisdom, manufacturing domestically should put my company at a competitive disadvantage. Read more

Butterball to Revive Former Raeford Turkey Plant

in Consumer Products, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

Garner-based Butterball LLC will take over a turkey plant formerly occupied by House of Raeford, bringing hundreds of poultry processing jobs back to Hoke County, officials said Thursday. Read more

The American Flag: Made in USA and Creating Jobs in the Process

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American Flags - The Flag of the United States of America, Made in USA

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From left, Melissa Kleitsch, Diane Hynek and Laurie Bessler sew American flags at MSA Brand Products in the McBattas Packaging and Printing building in Fairbury, Nebraska. The former Swingster sewing factory — where Bessler worked for 17 years — has been transformed to produce and sell American flags made in the U.S.

The American flag flapping above the McBattas Packaging and Printing building on the north edge of town is unremarkable as flags go.

At 3-by-5-feet, it’s not especially large. Its colors, of course, are the standard red, white and blue, and it has 50 stars and 13 stripes. Read more

2.7 Million American Jobs Lost to China in 10 Years

in Currency Manipulation, Economy, Government, Jobs, Outsourcing/by The Made in America Movement Team

There are roughly 5.1 million fewer American manufacturing jobs now than at the start of 2001. And China is to blame for more than one-third of American jobs lost, says a new report. Read more

The Rise of ‘Made by China’ in America

in Economy, Exports, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Reshoring/by The Made in America Movement Team

Later this year along the banks of the James River outside Richmond, Virginia, a paper products maker based in northeastern China will begin construction on a new U.S. manufacturing plant. The factory will churn the region’s straw and corn stalks into household products including napkins, tissue and organic fertilizer—all marked “Made in the USA.” Made by China, in America.