The presidential campaigns are ignoring issues around U.S. industrial competitiveness, much to the dismay of manufacturers, according to a new poll from Thomas Publishing Company, LLC.
The just released survey of more than 2,000 manufacturing professionals shows 70 percent are concerned about the state of US manufacturing today and industry’s ability to compete effectively on the global stage. Yet they feel even worse about the lack of attention the Republican and Democratic candidates are paying to the sector.
Eighty percent of manufacturers want the next administration to take a more active role in strengthening the industry. More than 80 percent said the government can do more to “level the playing field” with such competing nations as China, India, and Korea.
These messages came through loud and clear in this new poll by Managing Automation and its sister publications in parent company Thomas Publishing, including Industrial Equipment News, Thomas Global, ThomasNet, and InBound Logistics.
Yet while poll-takers are united in their concerns about the future of America’s industrial base, they hold differing opinions in how they would approach fixing some of the problems. For example, when asked whether international trade agreements such as NAFTA have helped or hurt US competitiveness, nearly half of respondents said such agreements have had a mixed effect.
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