21.   Chip demand is slackening as users of semiconductors try to eliminate stockpiles of unused chips, and makers shift production to higher-powered chips.

22.   Companies are shifting production overseas to exploit cheaper labor costs abroad, to avoid losing money from the high yen and to establish plants closer to foreign markets.

23.   Companies continue to shift production overseas.

24.   During World War II, the company stopped making toy trains and shifted production to compasses and other precision instruments for the war effort.

25.   Earlier this decade, Japanese companies shifted production closer to their parts suppliers in other Asian countries.

26.   Even if they shift production to other countries, several other retailers said the tariffs will damage their relationships with suppliers and could skew supply and demand.

27.   Exports of cars continued to decline as the U.S. car market weakened and as Japanese automakers shifted more production to the United States.

28.   Factories that made baseballs, for example, have shut their doors and shifted production to places like Costa Rica.

29.   Eustace said there are plans to shift further production from Western Europe and he identified Poland as a likely site for production growth.

30.   Firms were postponing investments or shifting production abroad.