This article describes the processes that are connected with 3D printing and how the method works. Also, it begins to describe the effects that it will have on a global scale between countries.

This article mentions ways in which 3D printing can drastically change industry businesses. For example, it can reduce labor and material costs, produce goods on demand without the need for inventories, and bring production close to consumers.

This article discusses the potential for 3D printing to revolutionize the way in which people manufacture and run businesses. It talks about how 3D printing, due to how easily products can be made, can create more competitiveness between countries and oversea rivals.

This article discusses a new products that work with 3D printers. These products are like nozzles for the printer, which allow for a larger customization. The article then mentions how the company of these products plans to help support Mali with with these technologies.

This article discusses how 3D printers are creating international business. As stated, a Portuguese printer was sold to the U.S., and companies in the U.S. are re-selling these printers to countries around the world.

This is a good article for a basis of knowledge surrounding 3D printing. It contains many basic details about the process, such as how it works and some potential uses for it. It does also discuss some changes in manufacturing processes that will result from an increased use of 3D printing.

This article contains a section that specifically discusses geopolitics. This article, similar to many others found, says that overseas manufacturing facilities could become obsolete, bringing production back to countries that tend to import many goods. Also, 3D printing would allow for less developed countries to obtain goods that are currently not available to them.

This article discusses many effects of 3D printings. One is how it affects transportation. It also talks about how people can make their own "desktop factories." Anyone can create his or her own objects, or objects can be created locally in 3D printing stores.

This article discusses the effects that 3D printing would have due to it being a decentralized process. This means that large plants and factories that export to foreign regions would not have to exist. Also, he discusses the low costs of energy and labor to produce products.

This article discusses many of the impacts of 3D printing across the globe. There is a section that details some examples of geopolitical impacts, such as how countries that highly rely on the exportation of goods from China can now make their own cheap products with 3D printing.