The Department of Agriculture’s school meal programs feed about 30 million children every day. Participating school districts must buy domestic products for the meals as much as possible. USDA allows some exceptions to this rule … Read More
The only import that Americans spent more money on last year than Chinese cellphones and other household goods was Canadian crude oil. America’s third-largest imported category was “other parts and accessories of vehicles” made in … Read More
Other than the novelty of having a product made in the U.S., there’s another benefit to shifting production to an American supply chain: sustainability. “It’s hard to build out our supply chains,” said Pepper Harward, head … Read More
The Kentucky Buy American Act, introduced this year by Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville, would have mandated contracts contain a provision stating any iron, steel or aluminum, used in all Kentucky state and local projects, be … Read More
Ford is officially the auto industry leader in US production volume, exports, and hourly autoworker employment for the fifth year in a row, according to data released by S&P Global Mobility. Almost 80% of the … Read More
The holidays are well behind us, but even though we aren’t laser-focused on buying that American-made gift for family or loved ones, we should still seek to buy American whenever possible. New York-based Oneida doesn’t … Read More
The Buying Guide has raised garden beds, garden hoses, gardening tools, flowers, plants, dissolving landscape staples, flower & vegetable planters, bird netting to protect your fruit trees and flowers from birds, and many more items … Read More
Today, Origin sources all of its leather from Wisconsin’s Seidel Tanning Factory and its denim from Georgia’s Mount Vernon Mills for production in its Farmington, Maine factory employing nearly all of the company’s 600 workers. … Read More
The United States is very focused on China’s attempts to buy American land, which could represent a security threat, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday. “We are very focused on this … Read More
The class-action suit in Wisconsin claims both Kia and Hyundai “have long known or should have known of the defect” in their cars. According to 2021 insurance claims records from the Highway Loss Data Institute … Read More
Rick Scott is reintroducing a bill to ban the federal government from buying solar panels made in China. It would prohibit the government from procuring “solar panels manufactured or assembled by any entity located in, … Read More
The federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a document in the Federal Register codifying the use of American-made steel in certain projects it funds. The cabinet-level department lists “infrastructure projects funded with … Read More
It sends a message to transnational enterprises about sourcing from China, and repealing MFN for China means the government is saying that it sees trouble ahead for that region and does not believe you will … Read More
As an example to his countrymen to “Buy American,” George Washington wore a suit of American-made cloth at his inauguration in 1789. “I hope it will not be a great while before it will be … Read More
Legislation requiring state and local governments in Florida to exclusively use American-made iron and steel is again forging ahead. The Senate Governmental Oversight and Accountability Committee voted unanimously to advance SB 304, a measure by Bradenton … Read More
The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requires that “none of the funds made available for a federal financial assistance program for infrastructure, including each applicable program, may be obligated for a project unless all … Read More
Two weeks ago, the first-ever hearing of the bipartisan House Select Committee on the CCP, the Chinese Communist Party, was held on Capitol Hill. It was a home run. It revealed how worried members of that new committee … Read More
Volkswagen AG has chosen Canada to build its first battery plant outside Europe in a bid to fast-track an expansion in the key US market. The site, in St. Thomas, Ontario, is slated to start … Read More
Lightning eMotors has announced that its Class 3 Lightning ZEV3 all-electric passenger van is Buy America certified. This certification, along with Lightning eMotors’s Altoona Testing certification, makes the Lightning ZEV3 fully eligible for funding through … Read More
Webmaster note: This article can’t be correct. There are plenty of companies producing profitably in the U.S. “Quitting China isn’t easy, and most progress has been concentrated in industries such as semiconductors that US lawmakers consider vital … Read More
China’s ownership of U.S. agricultural land has increased dramatically over the past decade. At the end of 2020, Chinese entities held more than 338,000 acres of land, a 350% increase from the 75,000 acres they held at … Read More
American companies are taking big steps to bring their operations back from overseas, with mentions of the terms “onshoring, reshoring or nearshoring” up over 1,000% in company earnings releases from 2019 levels. The backdrop of … Read More
St. Louis-based nonprofit Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Innovation Center @ Cortex (APIIC), which is focused on strengthening the U.S. supply chain for pharmaceutical ingredients, said a $9.5 million grant from Missouri Technology Corp. (MTC) will help fund … Read More
Despite Instant Brand’s claims that its Pyrex-brand products are “American as apple pie,” the FTC alleges that many of its glass measuring cups were actually manufactured in China from March 2021 to May 2022. As … Read More