To blunt Trump’s push to reclaim global manufacturing, China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.

China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, nearly nine times as many as the U.S. and more than the rest of the world combined, according to the International Federation of Robotics. China’s stock of operational robots surpassed two million in 2024, the most of any country.

Of 131 factories and industrial sites recognized by the World Economic Forum globally for lifting productivity through cutting edge technologies such as AI, 45 are in mainland China, while three are in the U.S.

https://archive.ph/ox7Fr

 

In other words, as far as US tariffs on Chinese goods go, mostly they will just make Americans pay more without leveling manufacturing costs enough to make reshoring factories to America feasible.

 

1 minute ago, Alan Zweibel said:

To blunt Trump’s push to reclaim global manufacturing, China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.

China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, nearly nine times as many as the U.S. and more than the rest of the world combined, according to the International Federation of Robotics. China’s stock of operational robots surpassed two million in 2024, the most of any country.

Of 131 factories and industrial sites recognized by the World Economic Forum globally for lifting productivity through cutting edge technologies such as AI, 45 are in mainland China, while three are in the U.S.

https://archive.ph/ox7Fr

 

In other words, as far as US tariffs on Chinese goods go, mostly they will just make Americans pay more without leveling manufacturing costs enough to make reshoring factories to America feasible.

 

 

Do you have any creative individual thoughts of your own ?

 

Or is the extent of your intellect "cut & paste"

 

 

5 minutes ago, Alan Zweibel said:

To blunt Trump’s push to reclaim global manufacturing, China’s factories and ports are learning to make and export more goods faster, cheaper and with fewer workers.

China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, nearly nine times as many as the U.S. and more than the rest of the world combined, according to the International Federation of Robotics. China’s stock of operational robots surpassed two million in 2024, the most of any country.

Of 131 factories and industrial sites recognized by the World Economic Forum globally for lifting productivity through cutting edge technologies such as AI, 45 are in mainland China, while three are in the U.S.

https://archive.ph/ox7Fr

 

In other words, as far as US tariffs on Chinese goods go, mostly they will just make Americans pay more without leveling manufacturing costs enough to make reshoring factories to America feasible.

 

How does this bode for the workers in China?  

14 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

 

Do you have any creative individual thoughts of your own ?

 

Or is the extent of your intellect "cut & paste"

 

 

Making it personal instead of engaging with the topic  is just a sad way of revealing how empty your native resources are. You've got nothing.

9 minutes ago, Fact said:

How does this bode for the workers in China?  

Well, one of the problems China is facing, as the article points out, is a rapid reduction in its workforce thanks to China's low fertility rate. Also, now that Chinese young people are less likely to want to put in the long hours and grueling labor that characterized earlier generations. Still, AI does pose a threat to Chinese white collar workers as well. Like America, the Chinese work force is growing more bifurcated with a smaller percentage at the top doing well, but most increasingly not. So, in the short term, I'd reckon it's going to get a lot tougher for Chinese workers. As an article I posted her before notes, Xi is focused on making China much stronger on the international stage even if that leaves most Chinese poorer. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future. It could be that this becomes one of those brittle situations that doesn't seem to change until it suddenly and drastically does.

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