Hmmm, I didn't see that in the article. You don't want to be jumping in from another thread so if this is something new you're tossing in to wake us up here we may want to refer to this other thread: The Myth Of Manufacturing’s Decline.
First, I was extending his logic, and second, by reading that title, anyone who thinks that our industrial based is not being eroded is an idiot.
Go to a big box store and find out where all our consumer goods are being made. Next, find out where Ford, Carrier, etc. are moving to.