Tariff Uncertainty Drives Reshoring

The Sharpie case shows a firm moved production from China to Tennessee to reduce exposure to future tariffs and supply‑chain shocks, and claims it can now make markers more cheaply in the U.S. When executives price geopolitical risk and policy swings, the total cost calculus can beat low foreign wages. — It reframes onshoring as a rational hedge against policy and geopolitical volatility, not just nationalism, shifting trade and industrial policy arguments.