How Do You Think About U.S. Manufacturing?

Dylan Mathews promised that "this chart will change how you think about U.S. manufacturing." The piece actually has two charts, but neither rises to the bar.

Both charts come from a new book by Robert Z. Lawrence and Lawrence Edwards: Rising Tide: Is Growth in Emerging Economies Good for the United States?. I've not seen the book, but I am familiar with Lawrence as a long-time optimist about the state of the economy and one who pooh poohs the idea that trade might hurt large segments of the w...