This infographic charts the decline of manufacturing worldwide

Dec 13, 2019

Members of a German industrial trade union take part in a warning strike at the Audi luxury car factory in Ingolstadt November 6, 2008. German industrial trade union IG Metall is seeking a rise of 8 percent, its biggest in 16 years, for the 3.6 million workers in the German engineering and metalworking industries. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY) - BM2E4B60ZZL01

Manufacturing has been in decline since the 1980s. Image: REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

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