Trump Cannot Stop The Advance Of The Machines Reshoring And The Social Relations Of Globalisation And Technological Innovation By Dr. Mark Howard (Monash University) January 15, 2017 Picture: Jim Young/Reuters. This article is part of The Critique’s January/February 2017 Issue “Stick It To The Man: A Year Of Anglo-American Populist Revolt Against A Changing Culture And An Obtuse Political Establishment” Introduction In the recent U.S presidential campaign, President Elect Donald Trump utilised nationalist rhetoric to spotlight his political stance on trade and industry, promising to “bring home” manufacturing, and with it, production labour and capital. His focus was on the effects of the global economy, in particular “offshore” labour, on American workers. At the same time he overlooked, or understated, the effect of transformative or disruptive technologies on the