The shift for American factories has been years in the making. What stands out now is the pace of change
is its Midwest. Just look at where President Joe Biden has travelled for many of his big made-in-America speeches: Ohio thrice, Michigan twice and Wisconsin. But take a look at where the money is flowing, and a different picture of manufacturing emerges. It is the South—a region running from Texas to Virginia—that is fast becoming America’s new industrial heartland.
jobs will reside there. The White House maintains a tally of investments in “21st-century industries” since Mr Biden took office: the South has received more than twice as many as the Midwest. The Midwest is getting plenty of new factories, too. It is just that the balance has tilted southward. The absence of a century-old carmaking legacy in the South also means that its officials have had a freer hand in luring firms across a range of industries, from chemicals to batteries and plastics. “We have a good diverse portfolio thanks to the fact that we were once such an agrarian state,” says Jeff Noel, secretary of Kentucky’s cabinet for economic development.
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