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Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Donald Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.” They haven’t.

China’s manufacturing dominance remains unmatched in Asia, endorsed by scale, innovation, and integrated supply chains. Despite rising costs and geopolitical challenges, China continues to attract ...

Employees and automated robots make solar panels at T1 Energy’s G1_Dallas manufacturing facility on Nov. 13, 2025, in Wilmer. Angela Piazza Inside T1 Energy’s state-of-the-art G1_Dallas facility in ...

If 2025 had a defining theme for manufacturers, it was uncertainty. Not the abstract kind. The operational kind. Tariffs appeared. Disappeared. Reappeared. Pricing decisions got harder. Capital ...