Today’s TED Talk – The real reason manufacturing jobs are disappearing

We’ve heard a lot of rhetoric lately suggesting that countries like the US are losing valuable manufacturing jobs to lower-cost markets like China, Mexico and Vietnam — and that protectionism is the best way forward. But those jobs haven’t disappeared for the reasons you may think, says border and logistics specialist Augie Picado. He gives us a reality check about what global trade really looks like and how shared production and open borders help us make higher quality products at lower costs.

Watch now https://www.ted.com/talks/augie_picado_the_real_reason_manufacturing_jobs_are_disappearing?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button__2017-09-14