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Manufacturing in Mexico vs. China: Why U.S. Companies Prefer Nearshoring

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due to low labor costs. Worker Stability in Mexico The low cost of labor is what initially attracted manufacturers to move operations overseas. However, a generation of industrial workers in China are entering retirement age and younger people entering the workforce are unwilling to replace them. Additionally, U.S.

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FAQ: Moving Manufacturing to Mexico from China

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Second, intellectual property (IP) theft has been a long-time challenge for U.S. Canada, and Mexico include copyright safe harbors to deter online piracy, a minimum of 15-year protection for industrial designs, strong civil and criminal trade secret protections, among others. and China, caused many U.S. Alternatively, U.S.