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Rebuilding critical US manufacturing capacity could require up to $2 trillion in investment. But strengthening America’s industrial base isn’t simply a matter of bringing factories home.
The US imports roughly $3 trillion in manufactured goods each year, and some of its most critical supply chains would require a dramatic expansion of domestic capacity.
On this episode of _The McKinsey Podcast,_ McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) Chair and Senior Partner Shubham Singhal and Senior Fellow Rebecca J. Anderson join Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to explore where the United States is most vulnerable, why the trade deficit doesn’t tell the whole story, and how AI, investment, and American innovation could change the equation.
_The McKinsey Podcast_ is cohosted by Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fusaro.
*Chapters:*
00:00 – Intro
01:22 – Why US manufacturing is back in the spotlight
02:33 – America’s $3 trillion manufacturing import challenge
04:17 – Which US supply chains are most vulnerable?
05:44 – Where America still leads in manufacturing
07:48 – How much would US manufacturing need to scale up?
10:36 – Why existing factory capacity isn’t enough
12:02 – The biggest obstacles to investment
14:31 – Can AI and robotics make reshoring more competitive?
15:46 – “Friendshoring” and the risk of economic choke points
18:04 – How CEOs can build more resilient supply chains
20:23 – Why the $1.2 trillion trade deficit isn’t the whole story
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Rebuilding critical US manufacturing capacity could require up to $2 trillion in investment. But strengthening America’s industrial base isn’t simply a matter of bringing factories home.
The US imports roughly $3 trillion in manufactured goods each year, and some of its most critical supply chains would require a dramatic expansion of domestic capacity.
On this episode of _The McKinsey Podcast,_ McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) Chair and Senior Partner Shubham Singhal and Senior Fellow Rebecca J. Anderson join Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to explore where the United States is most vulnerable, why the trade deficit doesn’t tell the whole story, and how AI, investment, and American innovation could change the equation.
_The McKinsey Podcast_ is cohosted by Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fusaro.
*Chapters:*
00:00 – Intro
01:22 – Why US manufacturing is back in the spotlight
02:33 – America’s $3 trillion manufacturing import challenge
04:17 – Which US supply chains are most vulnerable?
05:44 – Where America still leads in manufacturing
07:48 – How much would US manufacturing need to scale up?
10:36 – Why existing factory capacity isn’t enough
12:02 – The biggest obstacles to investment
14:31 – Can AI and robotics make reshoring more competitive?
15:46 – “Friendshoring” and the risk of economic choke points
18:04 – How CEOs can build more resilient supply chains
20:23 – Why the $1.2 trillion trade deficit isn’t the whole story
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