United States

A growing number of economic experts in the United States say that many of the same forces that caused U.S. companies to move manufacturing offshore may now be helping to bring manufacturing jobs back. A growing number of Chinese companies have recently been investing in the United States in an effort to escape high business costs in their own country and to be closer to end consumers. Many companies are actually looking to locate in the center of the country due to its geographic proximity to many American consumers. (CNN)