"Analysts warned the [chaining and humiliating of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia] could undermine the Trump administration’s effort to attract foreign investment. The Georgia factory is being constructed with billions of dollars in investment from South Korean firms."

~ Maroosha Muzaffar

#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
/8

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-south-korea-ice-hyundai-raid-b2826482.html

"President Donald Trump has said foreign workers sent to the United States are 'welcome' and he doesn’t want to 'frighten off' investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: 'I don’t want to frighten off or disincentivize investment.'"

~ Agence France-Presse

#Trump #economy #manufacturing #jobs#SouthKorea#ICE #immigrants#Georgia
/7

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/15/trump-foreign-workers-welcome-south-korea-arrests

"Despite promising to stop inflation on day one, working- and middle-class Americans are still being squeezed financially as Trump cuts taxes for the wealthy and massive corporations. …

All of what we’re seeing from the Trump administration is a choice to put corporations ahead of caretakers, the wealthy ahead of workers, and the bosses ahead of the busboys."

#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing #inflation
/6

"As Trump talks about creating a historic manufacturing boom, the data shows he has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs. As he touts an economy that’s working for American workers, Trump’s economy has more workers looking for a job than job openings for the first time since the depths of the pandemic."

#Trump #economy #tariffs#Republicans#BigBeautifulBill #jobs #manufacturing
/5

U.S. Steel’s Granite City Works is reportedly ending steel slab processing, just months after the Nippon Steel acquisition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/granite-city-works/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies#nipponsteel #ussteel #acquisitions #steel #manufacturing #usjapanrelations

China sends Shahed drone engines to Russia labeled as “fridges” + targeting computers manufactured and tested in China.

Ukrainian technicians reverse-engineered one on a downed drone, which shows testing the equipment in a factory, on traffic in a window falling on a road passing by with chinese vehicles (memory not wiped)

China is 100% complicit in Russia’s massacre attacks on civilians in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHquUwxmOpA
#china #weapons #manufacturing #russia #drone #civilians #ukraine#nafo

China sends Shahed drone engines to Russia labeled as “fridges” + targeting computers manufactured and tested in China.

Ukrainian technicians reverse-engineered one on a downed drone, which shows testing the equipment in a factory, on traffic in a window falling on a road passing by with chinese vehicles (memory not wiped)

China is 100% complicit in Russia’s massacre attacks on civilians in Ukraine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHquUwxmOpA
#china #weapons #manufacturing #russia #drone #civilians #ukraine#nafo

🩹 Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-wearable-blood-pressure-bandage-real.html

#healthcare #technology #manufacturing #medicine #materials #sensors

🩹 Wearable blood pressure monitor attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-wearable-blood-pressure-bandage-real.html

#healthcare #technology #manufacturing #medicine #materials #sensors

Japan's seasonally adjusted core machinery orders, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital investment, rose 3.0% in June from a month earlier — the first rise in three months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/economy/core-machinery-orders-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing #machineryorders

Toshiba, Fujitsu and other major Japanese manufacturers are relocating their headquarters functions from central Tokyo to elsewhere in the country in response to the spread of remote work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/20/japanese-manufacturers-relocating-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #manufacturing #tokyo #kawasaki #toshiba #fujitsu

China’s massive scale, education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/19/world/demystifying-chinas-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #chineseeconomy #trade #manufacturing #gdp

SoftBank is buying about 2% of Intel for $2 billion after an earlier pledge by the CEO to invest a total of $100 billion in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/softbank-intel-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #softbank #investments #masayoshison #donaldtrump #ai #usjapanrelations #tech #stargate #intel #manufacturing #chipmakers

Nissan’s Oppama factory, opened in 1961, was once a crown jewel in Japan’s postwar rise to manufacturing powerhouse. Today, it represents the dangers of being caught flatfooted in a rapidly changing industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/nissan-oppama-closure-effects/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #cars #manufacturing #yokosuka

Trump has given India the highest tariffs in Asia, threatening a manufacturing sector that PM Narendra Modi spent a decade fortifying. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/14/markets/trump-tariff-india-manufacturing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #china #india #manufacturing #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Factories in China are struggling to make ends meet as U.S. tariffs take their toll. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/economy/china-factories-workers-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #manufacturing #jobs #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

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We take pride in our manufacturing process and we believe you would to if you join the team! We're looking for a skilled Manufacturing Engineer and CNC Programmer to help build the next generation of handcrafted Thelio Desktops at our Denver, CO factory. Apply today! https://s76.co/sys76cncaug2025 #manufacturing#Computers#CNCProgramming

Tokyo Electron has slashed its full-year earnings outlook amid weak investment appetite by some advanced logic manufacturers and a lull in chip gear spending in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/01/companies/tokyo-electron-outlook-cut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyoelectron #chipmakers #manufacturing

Factory output in Japan unexpectedly rose in June as manufacturers showed resilience even as U.S. tariffs impact the nation’s exports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/31/economy/factory-output-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #manufacturing#industrialoutput #us #tariffs #trade #meti