Could the U.S. become a manufacturing hub again?

President Donald Trump recently implemented the biggest tariff increase from the U.S. since the 1930s. He said one of his goals is to grow manufacturing stateside.

In his announcement, the president said the U.S. could be a manufacturing hub again. “Empty, dead sites, factories that are falling down … will be knocked down, and they’re going to have brand new factories built in their place,” Trump said. “We’re going to be an entirely different country.”

Several economists have taken a different view.