[MtnClimber]

I would like to see metrics on how much manufacturing we are bringing back into the United States.

[texas booster]

Considering how many electric appliances are for sale in the US, at big box stores, we should continue to expand made in America.

And that is just one example of an industry that chased cheap manufacturing all over the globe.

[The Louiswu]

I would like to see metrics on how much manufacturing we are bringing back into the United States.

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Chat GPT says: Here’s the quick, no-frills summary:
~200k–250k manufacturing jobs/year are being added via reshoring and foreign investment That’s real growth, but only ~1–2% of the total workforce annually
$500B+ in factory investment is flowing into the U.S. (especially chips, EVs, advanced tech) ~70% of manufacturers are now reshoring or trying to But:
The U.S. is still down ~6.6 million manufacturing jobs since 1979 New factories are highly automated, so they create fewer jobs Overall impact = partial rebound, not a full comeback
👉 Bottom line: Manufacturing is coming back—but in a smaller, more automated, slower-growing form than the old industrial era.

[Carry_Okie]

I would like to see metrics on how much manufacturing we are bringing back into the United States.

That takes time and skilled people, the latter of which are in short supply.