A Chinese Manufacturer Came to Ohio. Its Rivals Are Struggling to Compete.

中国制造商来到俄亥俄州,其竞争对手正苦于竞争。

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2026-02-25

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President Trump has spent much of the past year trying to pump up international investment in U.S. factories. He's promised to bring back jobs that have moved overseas. WSJ’s Gavin Bade investigates a Chinese automotive glass plant in the Ohio heartland and explores the risks when America’s biggest rival sets up shop. Jessica Mendoza hosts.   Further Listening: - Trump's Tariffs Are Illegal. He's Got a Plan B. - How Tariffs Could End Italian Pasta in the U.S. - The Tariff Trade Off: Jobs vs. Higher Prices Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • One of President Trump's top economic priorities has long been to have more stuff made in America.

  • Our colleague Gavin Bade has been following that effort.

  • And you're usually reporting from here in Washington, D.C.

  • What brought you to Ohio?

  • You know,

  • one of the things that we do

  • as reporters is you meet with businesses and you see about what is the manufacturing economy like.

  • I started talking to a company that was saying we may have to close down some auto glass plants in Ohio.

  • The company Gavin talked to is called Vitro.

  • Vitro is a multinational glass company with plants all over the U.S.,

  • including a crucial auto glass factory outside Columbus, Ohio.

  • And Gavin says that recently, That factory has been facing a crisis.

  • They were really concerned about Chinese competition, not coming from overseas,

  • but actually one that had set up here in the U.S.

  • That rival is called Fuyao.

  • It's a huge player in the global glass making industry.

  • And when Fuyao set up shop in Ohio, it quickly started to out-compete Vitro.

  • What you're describing sounds like...

  • Chinese company moves into an American manufacturing town, starts its own factory,

  • and outdoes the factory that's been there for much longer.