friend-shoring

American  

[frend-shawr-ing] / ˈfrɛndˌʃɔr ɪŋ /

Or friendshoring

noun

1. the practice of locating parts of a company’s supply chain or manufacturing process in countries that are political or economic allies of the country where the company is based.

   Many tech companies have turned to friend-shoring in a bid for greater security.

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Etymology

Origin of friend-shoring

First recorded in 2021; modeled after offshoring

Example Sentences

His friends cherished the hope that he would hear nothing more from the captain, when another note—a challenge, of course—and another cherry-stone arrived, with an apology, on the score of ill-health, for delay.

From Successful Recitations by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

I had always considered myself an only child and all of my relatives and friends cherished the same illusion.

From Said the Observer by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)

Its friends cherished, to the last, the hope that Sir William might be placated, and possibly again brought under control; but it vanished, when the emphatic and resolute words, reported by Sewall, were uttered.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth