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[INFOGRAPHIC, REPORT, & INTERACTIVE MAP] The US Manufacturing Workforce & Making it In America

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While US manufacturing has been hit hard by nearly two decades of policy failures that have damaged its international competitiveness, it remains a vital part of the U.S. The US manufacturing sector employed 12 million workers in 2013, or about 8.8 On average, non-college-educated workers in manufacturing made 10.9 employment.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

The United States is considering limiting shipments of American chipmaking equipment to memory chip makers in China including Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd, according to four people familiar with the matter, part of a bid to halt China’s semiconductor sector advances and protect US companies.

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

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This is abundantly clear throughout the United States, as revealed in both traditional economic data, such as high-tech export activity, and in newer metrics, such as broadband deployment. congressional districts, 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.