Article: U.S. looks for a way to salvage its manufacturing; U.S. manufacturing awaits spark ; Despite Obama's pledge, administration lacks plan to stop loss of factory jobs

Louis Uchitelle
International Herald Tribune
07-22-2009
U.S. looks for a way to salvage its manufacturing; U.S. manufacturing awaits spark ; Despite Obama's pledge, administration lacks plan to stop loss of factory jobs
Byline: Louis Uchitelle
Type: News

The United States ranks behind every industrial nation except France in the percentage of overall economic activity devoted to manufacturing.

If the administration of President Barack Obama has a strategy for reviving manufacturing, Douglas Bartlett would like to know what it is.
Buffeted by foreign competition, in particular from China, Mr. Bartlett recently closed his printed circuit board factory, founded 57 years ago by his father, and ...

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