Europeans Ponder Production Moves

摘要

In 2004, the press was re-plete with stories of U.S. production jobs moving overseas. Will 2005 be the year of production jobs moving into the U.S.? If the dollar continues to trade at about 1.3 euros, where it was at press time, the answer might be yes. Although first-quarter job and import/export figures had not been released at the time of this report, there is anecdotal evidence that manufacture. ers with operations in European Union countries are considering moving more production to the U.S. to offset the increased cost of importing parts and finished goods here.