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US President Donald Trump is to bring the glory days of manufacturing back to America.

This episode, we focus on the “Talent Gap” in US that might stiffle his ambitions.

We'll hear from Alex, an engineer at a US hi-tech company for his views on the challenges facing US manufacturing and what exactly a factory job entails.

Buckle up!

Timeline:

1:19 Tim Cook: Cheap & Low-skilled labor is the popular misconception of manufacturing.

2:25 Aiwei: What Cook said 8 years ago still applicable today.

4:32 Zongnan: 80% of Americans support bring manufacturing back, but only 20% want to work in a factory.

The Interview:

Alex:

4:55 It’s been a trend Americans like to buy things made in USA.

6:27 If the manufacturing was low-skilled, then any country could do this very quickly.

6:49 From what I see across China, the majority of people working in the facotry are not doing manual labor.

7:18 There are not a lot of manufacturing jobs in US.

8:23 Why I support US increasing manufacturing: long-term vision, sustainable economy.

11:57 Zongnan: will AI replace manual labor or skilled labor?

12:41 Aiwei’s suggestions to Trump administration.

Teaser for next episode:

13:36

Beyond the “talent gap,”what kind of education system can support this shift?

Is the Trump administration’s restructuring of the education department helping, or hurting?

And is America’s current economic structure even ready to welcome manufacturing back?

Catch us next week in “ReMade In USA (II)”