GM Pivot Shows Why Reshoring Is So Hard: Industrial Strength (Correct)

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General Motors Co.’s announcement this week that it will spend $4 billion to increase car production in the US is one of the biggest victories yet for those who argue President Donald Trump’s tariff tornado will unleash a domestic manufacturing resurgence. At the same time, GM’s investment underscores why it’s so hard to orchestrate a broader reshoring of factory work to the US.

As part of this push, GM plans to shift some assembly of several top-selling and highly profitable models, including the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks and ...