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Re:Why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the U.S by nostrademons on Monday May 01, 2017 @02:25PM (#14240102)
Also still here: defense, aerospace, rocketry, construction, machinery (eg. Caterpillar). Basically light industry left and most heavy industry stayed, the output of the latter grew, and now some light industry is coming back (eg. textiles [1]), but with basically fully-automated factories that employ very few people.

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/business/us-textile-factor...

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Re:Why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back to the U.S by WillPostForFood on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:05PM (#14240483)
Defense, aerospace, and rocketry are all good examples of industries that are here due to government and trade policy, not because it is cheaper or easier to build a tank in the US.
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