The bridge between tariff policy and manufacturing reality requires reimagining what American manufacturing can look like. “The only way to bring it back is with advanced manufacturing, with digital manufacturing, that’s easy to build,” she said. “With digital advanced manufacturing, you can set up a factory in months instead of years.” These aren’t the grimy factories of industrial nostalgia. “With additive manufacturing, you’re doing what is called direct manufacturing of the part,” Ashkenazy explains. “The purpose of the tariffs is to make American manufacturing, which is obviously more expensive, more attractive,” she said.