Manufacturing

The Trump administration is waging trade wars against China, the European Union, and others, and the tariffs are costing many American manufacturers money.

"Highly automated, intelligent systems promise to transform people's lives and even question the very role of humans," said researcher Laurie Wright.

"May saw US manufacturers endure the toughest month in nearly ten years, with the headline PMI down to its lowest since the height of the global financial crisis," wrote Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at IHS Markit in a statement.

Manufacturing jobs did grow, by about half a million, during Trump's first two years in office. But job numbers are still about a third lower than they were in 1980 and lower than they were in 2008.

The printer uses a process called free-form printing to create intricate structures.

"Even if you start with really high quality coffee, you're going to lose some of the sweetness and some of the aromatics."

We like to state that nothing is made in the US any longer, but the reality disagrees.

Executives of companies such as Dell, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric are participating.

The 21st century will be Asia's for the taking; Europe is just along for the ride.

The move could put the U.S. automaker on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who has made boosting auto employment a top priority.

Even if the president is able to promote the expansion of manufacturing jobs, they're not necessarily coming to the Rust Belt towns that used to rely on them.

Even if high tariffs forces more manufacturing in the U.S., those industries are likely to rely on robotics, not on labor.

Trump has pledged to shake up the current order from his first days in office.

President-elect Trump wants Apple to shift manufacturing from China.

The reality is that China manufactures poor-quality products because they are paid to do exactly that.

The problems in American manufacturing date back to well before the trade agreement.

Samsung's faulty batteries could hold the key to safety after all.

Part of the decline in manufacturing jobs is due to trade, but the vast majority is due to automation.

Tesla's Gigafactory is far from a typical manufacturing facility—the plant's unique constraints outweigh the typical benefits that manufacturing companies seek when they move to or invest in a foreign nation.

Immigration reform, infrastructure investment, broadband access, clean energy—Clinton lays out her immediate priorities.

Using government force to protect American workers from foreign competition will lead to less trade. And possibly fascism.

Factories will essentially get broken up, scattered and made local.

Does Trump want Americans to build things? Or does he want us digging with spoons?

Ultra-customised products build themselves while car parts talk to each other in Europe's automated factories.

Industry experts say the BMW-owned luxury car maker could alienate core market 'high bodied' vehicle.

New watch manufacturers in America are turning back the hands of time.

Its football team is the toast of the world, and Germany's political, cultural and environmental credentials suggest the future is striped black, red and yellow.