China’s government quietly issued new procurement guidelines in May that require up to 100% local content on hundreds of items including X-ray machines and magnetic resonance imaging equipment, erecting fresh barriers for foreign suppliers, three … Read More
The domestic content threshold for end products and construction materials to qualify as U.S.-made would increase from 55 to 75 percent over a seven-year period. Further, contractors would have to comply with the content levels … Read More
“The head of a Federal agency that applies a domestic content procurement preference under this section may waive the application of that preference in any case in which the head of the Federal agency finds … Read More
After weeks of closed-door negotiations, the text of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package brokered between President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators was released Sunday night. It includes $1 billion for … Read More
Part of the problem is that, in practical terms, only about 12% of the world’s semiconductor chips are currently made in the U.S., down from 37% in 1990, and the Chinese government is currently making … Read More
After years of casting aside rulemaking in favor of letting the market do its work, the Federal Trade Commission said that it will now penalize companies as much as $43,280 if they label their goods … Read More
St. Luke’s University Health Network announced on Thursday a new collaboration with Premier Inc. and Honeywell, to expand U.S. production of nitrile exam gloves. Read the article here.
Easton Diamond Sports has an 18 year deal with a manufacturer in China that makes non-wooden and metal bats. The decision was made to streamline the supply chain so everything could be made in China. … Read More
ReVision, which is not a manufacturer, and surely installs more Chinese-made solar panels than it does American-made ones, said it would be better to have reliable local supply because global supply disruptions made it “a … Read More
When it comes to going after China for its forced imprisonment and sterilization of Muslim minority groups in the western province of Xinjiang, our biggest allies are still sourcing from a region largely banned from … Read More