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The US Manufacturing Frontier Has Moved to East Asia
US share of global manufacturing declined from 37% in 1990 to 12% in 2020. Meanwhile, mainland China grew from zero to 15%. Taiwan and South Korea each account for a little over 20% each. If we were still buddy buddy with China, that this, that the manufacturing frontier had moved to East Asia, it is because of the shift in Chinese politics.