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ScriptHost: Welcome to the series, that takes you to the heart of America and reveals the inner workings of our country, as you have never seen them before. We’re going to go on quitr a journey, we’ll travel coast across this sprawling land to discover the habits, the rhythms, and the secrets. You only notice when you step back and see the big picture.I’m Yul Kwon. I’ve worked in law and government, business and journalism. I’ve even won the reality show “survivor”. And in every part of my life, i’ve been fascinated by the same things--systems and networks. None have shaped us more profoundly than the ones we use to manufacture to build the things that fill our lives and fuel our economy.Whoa, this place is hot!In this episode, we’ll uncover a revolution--a transformation that’s well under way, reshaping who we are and what we make.We’ll enter a surprising world of constant change, ruthless competition and relentless innovation.Woman: I love the robots. Step back just a little bit.Host: From the simplest steel screw to the sleekest new car, from a tiny chip to a behemoth aircraft carrierWe’ll explore the interlocking chains of supply and demand, part and assembly, material and manpower that make our country work.Man: 15 secondsHost:aah! Here,just finish it for me!This is the story of how America creates. This is “America Revealed”.Host: Manufacturing has shaped America, from shore to shore, our identity has been defined by the things we make, and way we made them. But manufacturing is not what it used to be. And this place shows why.This is Savannah Georgia. It’s been a trading center since colonial times. And today, it’s one of the fastest-growing ports in the United States.Things have changed since the days of settlers, corn, and cotton. These giant ships come ships come here from all around the world, with all kinds of manufactured goods, like computers, ovens, flat-screen TVs, and even American flags.We used to make these things ourselves, now they can be made more cheaply abroad. So we import them, packed tight inside these containers. We import so much, in fact, that these docks are loaded with more than $130 million worth of goods. And they won’t be here for long. Because this port runs 24 hours a day, 7days a week. So, before you know it, every container you see here will be gone, headed off to stock America’s stores. These ships will be gone, too. But what they take with them may surprise you, because when they go, they’ll be filled with America’s biggest export. And it’s not TVs or computers or ovens. It’s somethings else.This is the only warehouse in the port that stores American-made goods. It’s the size of seven football fields. And right now, all it holds is paper--rolls and rolls ofpaper.That’s because we ship more containers of paper to the world than anything else by far. And one man is responsible for keeping it all moving.So, Larry, everything in here is gonna be exported out of the country?Larry: That’s correct. Here, in this particular facility, we do nothing but export paper.Host:Larry Gerjacks manages this warehouse. He knows all the paper comes from, where it’s going, and why.Host:And what do they do with all this paper?Larry:Well, it comes right back to us in boxes. All these different electronics that we import from China is boxed up with this paper we send over to them.Host: So all this paper is going to China. They take it. They make it into boxes to package all the stuff, to import back into this country.Larry:That’s correct.Host:So it’s just kind of going back and forth?Larry:That’s right. I would say you hit it on the nail.Host:Looking around, this place seems like a sign of troubled times. Paper is what’s called a low-value good. It’s product--unlike, say, a television..That’s worth little more than the raw materials that go into it. So for many of us, this an unsettling picture--a picture of a country that’a importing more than it’s making of manufacturing system that’s dying. But if you look beyond this port, you’ll see something very different. Manufacturing is not really disappearing from America. It just doesn’t look like it used to. A whole new landscape is emerging, filled with new ideas,new people, and new places. Like here in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Dennis Cueno:This site, from a logistics point of view. It’s a beautiful site, because it’s adjacent to an interstate. You don’t have any nearby residential, t’s got duall access. It’s just a terrific site.Host: This is Dennis Cueno, he works as a site selector--helping companies find locationsfor their factories. He specializes in high-value manufacturing--in goods that are worth far more than the cost of their raw materials. And here is what he’s so excited about, it’s America’s newest auto plant--a billion-dollar state-of-the-art facility, filled with all of the latest technology. But this factory wasn’t built by Ford, Chrysler, or General Motors. It was built by Volkswagen. And while you may not think of Volkswagen as a Americancar-maker, maybe you should. This cars are made in America, out of American-made parts, by the newly hired American workers. And have been specially designed to be sold in American markets. And Volkswagen isn’t the only foreign company being drawn to our shores. What’s happening here is part of a much bigger picture. This is what America’s auto industry looked like in 1980. Each dot is a factory run by a U.S. Automaker. And in the last 30 years, more than half of them have closed, while companies like Honda, Toyota, BMW,and Nissan have opened new factories, spawning a vast network of American-owned auto-supply firms. All these dots you see here. It’s been a major boost to our economy and a profound change to our auto industry. A change that Dennis Cueno has witnessed firsthand.Dennis Cueno:Most of the new plants built in the United States over the past 20 years, have been by foreign auto manufactures. They have put about $44 billion of new investment in the United States. They employ about 80000 people.Host:I think a lot of people would be surprised by that, because I think the common assumption is that all these manufacturing jobs are going overseas to places like China. Dennis Cueno:The labor-intensive, low-cost, low-wage class jobs are going to China. But the high-value-added jobs are still staying here. And the fact that this large. Multi-nationalcorporation, very sophisicated, can build these cars anyplace, has chosen to put $1 billion investment here, tells you that the United States is still a good place to build stuff, especially high-value-added stuff.Host:There’s one obvious reason that America attracts this kind of investment. We’re a huge market.。