In this week's episode of 'Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture', host Cliff Waldman introduces the new video format for his show. In this first video episode he offers a discussion of the future of U.S. manufacturing at this time of heightened global economic and geopolitical turmoil. He notes that at least in the short-term the future of manufacturing is very much tied to the economic and geopolitical future of the world. He then discusses critical issues with the manufacturing labor force, manufacturing entrepreneurship, and the development and deployment of manufacturing production technologies. The episode concludes with a discussion of public policy as an increasingly potent influence on the future of U.S. industry.

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