• Build “out of the box” business models that favor U.S.
manufacturing, such as assembly operations using for-
eign-made components.
There are many ways to make manufacturing work in the
United States. Companies are perhaps too quick to look for
overseas manufacturing options, when more lucrative
choices and business models may exist in the United States.
Foreign Trade Zones
Most governments have some sort of foreign trade zones
or free trade zones that allow certain economic, duty, and
tax relief to companies that participate in these programs.
These trade programs are designed to keep a certain
amount of manufacturing, assembly work, warehousing,
and so on in the local economies. Although the details of
these programs vary from one country to another, ...