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===Increasing U.S. sourcing is something that Walmart would probably do anyway===

Walmart will likely purchase $250 billion more in US-sourced goods anyway in the next decade simply due to its growth as a retailer – without making substantial changes to its sourcing practices for manufacturing goods. Walmart US CEO Bill Simon has previously indicated that because of rising transportation and labor costs, moving manufacturing back to the U.S. is something that is already happening. <ref> Bill Simon “[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-simon/post3792753_b_3792753.html Reviving U.S. Manufacturing Key to Rebuilding the Middle Class]” Huffington Post, August 22, 2013 </ref>.

In fact, the Boston Consulting Group—the same firm Walmart hired to bolster its manufacturing job creation claims—reported in September 2013 that “More than half of U.S.-based manufacturing executives at companies with sales greater than $1 billion are planning to bring back production to the U.S. from China or are actively considering it.”<ref> Press Release "[http://www.bcg.com/media/pressreleasedetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-144944 Majority of Large Manufacturers Are Now Planning or Considering ‘Reshoring’ from China to the U.S.]" Boston Consulting Group, September 24, 2013 </ref>