The Future of China Railway Rolling Stock Corp in Springfield | Connecting Point | Oct. 15, 2018

When Massachusetts placed a big order for new subway cars a few years back, it also said they’d have to be made in state. That’s what brought the winning bidder, the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation to Springfield — where it’s providing good-paying manufacturing jobs in a city that desperately needs them. But as Connecting Point’s Adam Reilly tells us, the future is a lot more murky these days, thanks to that escalating trade war with China.

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