Why the U.S. Military is Required to Buy American-Made Firearms
Small arms—including rifles and handguns—usually need to be produced in the United States. Even the components and materials must be domestically produced. Read the article here.
New Massachusetts Bill Aims to Support Made in America Companies Like This One
Senate Docket No. S2546 would require schools and other taxpayer-funded projects exceeding $500,000 to be built with U.S.-made steel and other domestic materials. Read the article here.
Creating a Domestic U.S. Supply Chain for Clean Energy Technology
Currently, the U.S. renewables sector is highly dependent on foreign supply chains. Chinese exports dominate the supply of solar panels used in both commercial and private energy generation, owing in large part to years of … Read More
Jill Biden wears bracelet made by South Carolina designer
According to the website, “All products are unique and 100% handmade in our studio with love.” Read the article here.
Proclamation on National Manufacturing Day, 2021
On National Manufacturing Day, we celebrate all that is made in America and recognize the importance of our Nation’s manufacturers. American manufacturing is essential to our economy. It employs over 12 million Americans directly — … Read More
Hagedorn, others blast MLB’s decision to move jobs to China
U.S. Reps. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minnesota 1st District) and Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) introduced a resolution disapproving of MLB’s decision to close the Miken Sports plant in Caledonia that moves manufacturing jobs to communist China and calls … Read More
Made in the USA: Baseball bats, sticky notes, kitchen mixers and more
Though much of what we wear, carry in our pockets and use at home is made overseas, not everything we buy is imported. Buying USA-made goods is a popular idea, but that belief doesn’t always … Read More
Ford to create 5,000 jobs with new Hardin County battery plants to power electric vehicles
Ford Motor Co. unveiled a $5.8 billion plan to build twin battery manufacturing plants in Kentucky that will create 5,000 full-time jobs, which will make batteries for electric vehicles such as its new F-150 Lightning … Read More
Kentucky state Sen. Chris McDaniel wants to claw back state investment in Braidy Industries
Kentucky Sen. Chris McDaniel vowed to pursue legislation to try to recoup the state’s $15 million investment in the troubled company formerly known as Braidy Industries, which hasn’t been able to secure enough financing to … Read More
California’s Garment Worker Bill Will Fuel The ‘Made In USA’ Comeback. Here’s Why.
Over 150 fashion manufacturers and fashion brands have officially endorsed the Garment Worker Protection Act, including Saitex, the sustainable denim maker for global giants like J. Crew, Target, and Ralph Lauren which onshored to L.A. … Read More
Why U.S. Gunmakers Could Soon Face New Competition
CZG bought out Colt’s Manufacturing Company in early 2021. Under U.S. law, only companies manufacturing guns in the U.S. can compete for American military contracts. CZG’s president Lubomír Kovařík noted how the Colt acquisition provides … Read More
REVIEWING THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT & JOBS ACT FOR WATER & WASTEWATER
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Sept. 27, 2021. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is a $1 trillion bill … Read More
Local businessman gets jail time for fraud, selling Chinese goods to government
A Rensselaer County businessman who illegally sold Chinese-manufactured backpacks, T-shirts, duffel bags and other supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security and claimed the products were made in America will … Read More
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai Visits Milliken & Company And American & Efird In Visit Highlighting U.S. Textile Industry
“Milliken & Company and American & Efird (A&E) maintains a significant manufacturing footprint in the Carolinas with 1,200 total associates, and we contribute significantly to our local community and the entire manufacturing base in the … Read More
Manufacturers push for PPE made in the U.S. amid changing legal landscape, Chinese industry dominance
Giles Kyser, CEO of Brooklyn-based American PAPE, says 96 percent of the component parts of his company’s respirators are manufactured in the United States and depend on a 17-state supply chain to produce. This percentage … Read More
Made In America Stores Poised To Overcome Supply Chain Issues As The Christmas Holiday Season Approaches
By now, most Americans have noticed that store shelves are not stocked as full as they used to be pre-Covid. Whether it’s a shortage of workers or shortage of parts, most retailers are finding it … Read More
New Balance Under Fire Over ‘Made in the USA’ Claims
New Balance has long emblazoned its products with proclamations that they are “Made in the USA.” But consumer watchdog group Truth in Advertising (TINA) is hitting back at the Boston-based footwear brand with an official complaint … Read More
Executives Finally Admit Their Supply Chains Are Broken
In his testimony to the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission on September 8, international trade lawyer Dan Harris said that “Virtually all my clients who have their products manufactured in China would like … Read More
Why your iPhone may never be Made in the USA
CEO Tim Cook, pledged in April that Apple will spend $430 billion on US investments that’ll add 20,000 jobs in the United States over the next five years to work on 5G wireless, artificial intelligence and … Read More
Not going to try the Impossible: Several South Dakota schools set to use local meat, not fake meat
The Wall School district will not be serving “Impossible Food” items to their students anytime soon. In fact the head cook, Lynn Dunker, said the school will again be serving beef that was born, raised … Read More
House Should Swiftly Pass Senate Bill to Accelerate Delisting of Non-Compliant Chinese Companies from U.S. Exchanges
“There is no reason why Speaker Pelosi should delay any further a vote on the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, which would speed up the clock for non-compliant Chinese companies to either follow U.S. law … Read More
China Commission Wonders: Do Congress, Investors, Really Know What’s at Stake in China?
For the most part, the U.S. is far behind Australia and Japan on reshoring efforts, noted Dan Harris, a partner at the Harris Bricken law firm and the main writer behind the ChinaLaw blog. Those two … Read More
Proposed Buy American Act Amendments – Public Comment Period Ends September 28, 2021
A Proposed Rule amending the Buy American Act (“BAA”) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”), designed to benefit U.S. manufacturers, proposes to immediately increase the threshold needed to be considered a “domestic end product” or … Read More
Georgia defense contractor agrees to $900,000 payment to settle False Claims Act allegations
Two Georgia companies and their owners have agreed to pay $900,000 to resolve allegations that they provided unapproved substitute parts to the U.S. Army and that they violated the Buy American Act. Read the article … Read More