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Witnesses say U.S. reshoring depends on better vocational training, targeted immigration and predictable trade policy
Summary
Experts told the Joint Economic Committee that bringing advanced manufacturing back to the United States will require expanded technical education, clearer immigration rules for high-skilled workers and stable trade policy, not just incentives for factories.
Yossi Sheffi, a professor of engineering systems at MIT, told the Joint Economic Committee that U.S. manufacturers cannot rely only on moving final assembly home and must expand the domestic pool of skilled technicians, trade-school graduates and engineers.
Those workforce shortages undercut efforts to “reshore” advanced production even when federal incentives exist, witnesses said. Without clearer career pathways, faster credentialing and selective immigration policies to retain top graduates, firms will struggle to staff new, high-tech plants.
Why it matters: Committee witnesses said recent federal measures such as the CHIPS and Science Act and infrastructure spending create opportunities for new manufacturing investment but that firms will not build or fully operate fabs and other advanced…
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