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“Global manufacturing is witnessing a process of nearshoring and friendshoring.” Comment.

  • Economic Geography

Since the late 2010s — and sharply after the COVID-19 disruptions, the US–China trade war and the Russia–Ukraine war — global manufacturing geography has been re-drawn by two forces: nearshoring (moving production closer to consumption markets) and friendshoring (moving it to politically aligned nations). The statement is substantially correct but needs qualification: the shift is…

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  • Introduction: Geopolitics Re-Enters Industrial Geography
  • 1. The Concepts
  • 2. Drivers
  • 3. Spatial Evidence: How the Map Is Changing
  • 4. Sectoral Case Studies
  • 5. A Balanced Assessment
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