On similar threads I have suggested that U.S. exports pay for imports. It is surprising how many found this a really difficult concept so no doubt these same ones will find your article equally so.
At Sunday's opening day of the Dubai Air Show, GE Aviation received $26 billion (USD list price) in jet engine orders and services agreements for wide-body Boeing aircraft from three leading airlines in the Middle East.
Boeing aircraft order was for $40 billion.
There is still a lot of manufacturing in the USA, just not of the low tech junk at Wal-Mart.
In fact our greatest shortages are CNC operators and welders in the USA.
Most Americans have zero clue what is going on in manufacturing as most "journalists" have zero clue on anything except their socialist/communist "causes".