07-13-2015, 04:48 PM
Trying to get between the east/west trade is not that logical because Hawaii is not really in the Asia-West Coast shipping lanes. That's true for manufacturing, though there maybe some success in being in the middle of imports from south/east Asia. The biggest asset the islands has is ideal conditions for farming, and with California looking at water shortages for the near future, a good food processing plant with ideas for exporting fresh produce maybe the best option here.