Matt Marthinson, VP of Supply Chain at JB Poindexter & Co., Inc. lets listeners in on how an established transportation industry manufacturer with significant exposure to commodity risk views the tariff landscape, both now and into 2020. Listen in to the full conversation with Lisa Reisman on our current podcast series, “The Maker-to-User Trend in the Time of Tariffs.”
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Where Reshoring is Headed in Our Current Time of Tariffs
Harry Moser leads the Reshoring Initiative, a nonprofit whose ultimate goal is to bring as many jobs back to the U.S. as possible. With record reshoring numbers posted in 2017, it would seem the Trump administration’s tariffs would help make 2018 and 2019 even better for the “maker-to-user” movement (characterized by local sourcing leading to a host of economic and environmental benefits) — or would it? Listen in to the full conversation.
What the USS Gabrielle Giffords Means to the Aluminum Industry
“I just can’t tell you what an amazing experience it was,” says Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association, about touring the newly commissioned USS Gabrielle Giffords in California. Hear more on what a strong domestic aluminum sector has to do with national security, and how the industry views other hot trade issues of the moment and why, in Part 4 of our series, “Manufacturing Trade Policy Confidential.” Listen in to the full conversation.
