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friendshoring

friendshoring noun: the process of moving production to diplomatically friendly or allied foreign locations which have lower production costs.

Noun

friendshoring (uncountable)

  1. The process of moving production to diplomatically friendly or allied foreign locations which have lower production costs.
    • Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), noted that the governments of Western countries are increasingly adopting industrial policies that promote “friendshoring” of strategic industries.2023 August 30, “What is “friendshoring”?”, in The Economist, →ISSN

Origin of friendshoring

Blend of friend + offshoring.

Questions about friendshoring

What does friendshoring mean?
Friendshoring means the process of moving production to diplomatically friendly or allied foreign locations which have lower production costs.
What part of speech is friendshoring?
Friendshoring is a noun.

Words near friendshoring in the dictionary

  1. friendshippers
  2. friendshippy
  3. friendships
  4. friendships with benefits
  5. friendshipy
  6. friendshoring
  7. friendsies
  8. friendslist
  9. friendslists
  10. friendslop
  11. Friendsmas

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