Walmart’s Made-in-USA push exposes strain in manufacturing rebirth

REUTERS: When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra US$250bil in US-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality.

But suppliers trying to re-shore production as part of the initiative by the world's largest retailer are running into practical problems as they try to restart long-idled corners of US manufacturing.