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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday asked businesses to manufacture in the US to access local markets and offered companies L-1 visas to bring employees to launch projects here. Addressing the SelectUSA Investment Summit at National Harbour in Maryland, Lutnick said the US has flipped the script and was now encouraging companies to set up shop in the US instead of outsourcing production to other countries. "If you want to successfully sell in the United States, build here. Build here. If you want to access our markets..., hire our workers and do it here," Lutnick said. He described it as the "old model" where the US exported its intellect and intellectual property and all other countries built the factories. "We sort of outsourced production everywhere else in the world, but with Advanced manufacturing, we can bring it back," he said. "Our trade agenda has made it clear. If you build here, and you hire here, and you strengthen our industrial base, we will help you. We w

US-based Figma has opened a new office in Bengaluru, calling India its second-largest market after the US; the company serves users across 85% of Indian states, including top tech firms

The survey, carried out among 52 US-controlled members between September 8 and 16, showed that reducing tariffs was still the number one priority

The investment is expected to create 1,800 jobs across London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester, and deepen transatlantic financial ties

Sergio Gor says reforms in India's labour norms and market access are key to fair trade, as US aims to double bilateral trade to $500 bn by 2030

Third-party providers garner even more attention during government shutdowns when federal data aren't published

Amid rising tariffs and global anti-American sentiment, major US companies are shedding national imagery and localising ads to stay competitive abroad

He was further asked how the administration plans to decide on what companies should and should not be exempted, and he said it will be considered 'instinctively'

Companies from Roche Holding AG to Nissan Motor Co. have backpedaled on DEI policies in the US

The remarks come amid a growing debate over the future of the H-1B visa, a programme that allows US companies to employ highly skilled foreign workers in specialised fields

Trump campaigned on a pledge to roll out a slew of tariffs, including for firms that had moved operations to Mexico, in a bid to restore jobs in the US

A broadening becomes especially important for the rally's progress now that megacap tech companies are projected to show slowing profit growth, on average

Artisan has been among some of Seven & i's vocal foreign investors who have urged the company to focus on its core convenience store business

In the case of HT rice, the technology that the JV will commercialize is called 'FullPage' which is a new generation double stack mutant herbicide-tolerant rice technology

As part of the agreement, Amazon Prime members will continue to be eligible to avail a free Grubhub+ membership worth $120 a year, which includes free delivery on orders above $12

Walmart employed approximately 2.1 million associates as of Jan. 31, 2024, according to regulatory filings

The other key emerging markets, the survey said, are southeast Asia, where 60 per cent of the respondents were willing to put in 50 per cent more investment in the next three years

Girish Mathrubootham becomes executive chairman of Nasdaq-listed SaaS firm to focus on 'long-term' vision

At nearly one million square feet, the new campus will become operational by the end of the month

Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for American companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday. The survey of US companies said inconsistent and unclear policies and enforcement, rising labour costs and data security issues were other top concerns. It also said that, despite the insistence of Chinese leaders that Beijing welcomes foreign businesses, many still are hindered from free competition. The Chinese government has stated that it encourages foreign direct investment, but many of our members continue to encounter barriers to investment and operations including policies that discriminate against them and public relations campaigns that create suspicion of foreigners, the report said. The report welcomed an improvement in relations in 2023 that was capped by summit meetings of Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden, but said the US presidential election in November w