A global wave of reindustrialization continues to sweep across the world. A strategy influenced by several forces, such as the desire to reduce supply chain risks, optimize tariff risks, respond better to geopolitical risk, reduce logistical costs and environmental impacts and produce closer to customer markets, amongst others. Reindustrialisation is not a new phenomenon although it has gained distinct momentum since the Covid pandemic, a time when supply chain vulnerabilities took a front seat in national dinner conversations and political debates. The question that one cannot help but consider is whether the dismantling of global supply chains is truly in each country’s best interests...