Less than 7% of building materials are imported into the US and a large portion of that is likely Canadian lumber that won’t be a factor in building factories. Our biggest issue is a lack of educated and trained workforce. There are specific types of engineers that work in manufacturing and we just don’t have thousands of them sitting around waiting for work. We don’t have enough to begin with. And we certainly aren’t going to get many moving here with the way ICE is treating people.
I don’t think it’s building materials that is the question, but rather the multi-million dollar machines that are often designed and imported from elsewhere.
Those fancy Bosch assembly lines your widget factory needs will be hit by that 20% tariff coming from the EU, even if the building they sit in is made of American brick and lumber.
Less than 7% of building materials are imported into the US and a large portion of that is likely Canadian lumber that won’t be a factor in building factories. Our biggest issue is a lack of educated and trained workforce. There are specific types of engineers that work in manufacturing and we just don’t have thousands of them sitting around waiting for work. We don’t have enough to begin with. And we certainly aren’t going to get many moving here with the way ICE is treating people.
I don’t think it’s building materials that is the question, but rather the multi-million dollar machines that are often designed and imported from elsewhere.
Those fancy Bosch assembly lines your widget factory needs will be hit by that 20% tariff coming from the EU, even if the building they sit in is made of American brick and lumber.