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Actually, the columnist - not reporter - is Chris Anderson. He used to run Wired for years, but now (as he states in the article I assume you didn't read) runs

Actually, the columnist - not reporter - is Chris Anderson. He used to run Wired for years, but now (as he states in the article I assume you didn't read) runs a company called 3D Robotics. The column is based on his personal experience running a company that requires high tech manufacturing. It's interesting - you should read it.

rgbrenner 14y ago
Irrelevant. Mexico is not the new China. China's exports to the US are nearly 2x more than Mexico's, and in the past year, China has increased its exports to the US by 25billion vs 15billion from Mexico. Compare this to a decade ago when Mexico exported 135b vs 125b from China. Mexico is not the new China. Mexico is the China of last decade. It's not going to retake that position any time soon. China is as big as ever, and one mans story doesn't change that.
- xxiao 14y ago
  do I need a SWAT team to secure my staff at Mexico? how safe is it in Mexico these days?
- meej 14y ago
  Thank you for the links to the census figures. Having read recent buzz about "rehoming" offshore operations, I might have been too credulous about the plausibility of Anderson's hypothesis; plus I was so focused on the possibility that he is unfamiliar with the recent history of US-Mexico trade that it didn't occur to me to check whether the numbers support his argument, which clearly they do not. I am suspicious that he just doesn't really know what he is talking about.
  - rgbrenner 14y ago
    If you're concerned about "rehoming" then it's worth pointing out the balance of payments for Mexico and China. In the past year, Mexico's has been REDUCED by 3b (so even though Mexico's exports increased by 15b, their imports increased by 18b). Compare to China: an INCREASE in the imbalance of 20b (so +25b in exports to the US vs +5b in imports).
cschmidt 14y ago
If you liked the article, then you should read Chris Anderson's book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. Lots of interesting stuff about the "Maker" revolution, with 3d printing, etc. He also tells about 3d robotics got going. I really enjoyed it.

rgbrenner 14y ago

Irrelevant. Mexico is not the new China. China's exports to the US are nearly 2x more than Mexico's, and in the past year, China has increased its exports to the US by 25billion vs 15billion from Mexico. Compare this to a decade ago when Mexico exported 135b vs 125b from China. Mexico is not the new China. Mexico is the China of last decade. It's not going to retake that position any time soon. China is as big as ever, and one mans story doesn't change that.

xxiao 14y ago
do I need a SWAT team to secure my staff at Mexico? how safe is it in Mexico these days?
meej 14y ago
Thank you for the links to the census figures. Having read recent buzz about "rehoming" offshore operations, I might have been too credulous about the plausibility of Anderson's hypothesis; plus I was so focused on the possibility that he is unfamiliar with the recent history of US-Mexico trade that it didn't occur to me to check whether the numbers support his argument, which clearly they do not. I am suspicious that he just doesn't really know what he is talking about.
- rgbrenner 14y ago
  If you're concerned about "rehoming" then it's worth pointing out the balance of payments for Mexico and China. In the past year, Mexico's has been REDUCED by 3b (so even though Mexico's exports increased by 15b, their imports increased by 18b). Compare to China: an INCREASE in the imbalance of 20b (so +25b in exports to the US vs +5b in imports).

cschmidt 14y ago

If you liked the article, then you should read Chris Anderson's book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. Lots of interesting stuff about the "Maker" revolution, with 3d printing, etc. He also tells about 3d robotics got going. I really enjoyed it.