Ultimately, this led to moving factories to more competitive labor markets west, south and overseas.

International manufacturers are already talking about moving factories to lower-cost countries like Vietnam.

He also wants to close corporate tax loopholes that encourage businesses to move factories and jobs overseas.

And some executives say the pressure for Japanese companies to move factories out of Japan will continue.

Japanese companies are also by far the largest foreign investors in Asia, as they move factories to countries with lower wages.

And it's just plain nuts to allow American companies to move factories overseas at the expense of our own people.

Those Japanese firms that can are moving factories overseas where it is cheaper.

Japanese companies have cut costs, retooled plants and moved expensive factories overseas.

Many American companies, meanwhile, have moved factories abroad, and changes in the currency are unlikely to persuade them all to move the production back home.

Companies are also able to move factories to other countries in ways that are impossible for, say, hospitals or supermarkets.