The stage is set for U.S. manufacturers to regain some
lost clout.
An article in the April 2, 2008 Wall Street Journal reported
21,000 Vietnamese workers going on strike against a Taiwanese-owned factory,
seeking higher wages and better working conditions as that country battles inflation
running around 19%. In any case, Vietnam’s 85 million population is about 6% of
China’s, so they can handle only so much of the out-outsourcing.