Buy American Act changes enhance reshoring trend
Some South Carolina-based suppliers are feeling a burst of demand as domestic content percentages for materials used in public projects are set to go into effect in October. The Buy…
COVID Helps ‘Made in USA’ Goods Compete With Chinese Exports
China has imposed strict COVID-containment lockdowns that are disrupting the supply chain. Export goods are going nowhere as shipping companies increase freight charges and pandemic-related labor shortages worsen delays. “Many…
China Could Use Forbes To Push Communist Propaganda, Senators Warn
A Chinese-controlled firm’s bid to buy the Forbes media company poses a national security threat and would allow the Chinese Communist Party to push its propaganda by using one of…
Texas Instruments Breaks Ground on $30 Billion Manufacturing Plant
Texas Instruments has broken ground on the first of four 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman, Texas. The tech company, headquartered in Dallas, signed on to build the plants…
Made In USA! Russia’s Most Advanced Weapons Are Shockingly Packed With ‘American Components’
Coming to the Ka-52 Alligator, Russia’s twin-seat, all-weather attack helicopter, the Ukrainian specialists opened up its turreted electro-optical system in which they found 22 US-made chips and one Korean-made chip….
State bill could help level the playing field for local companies with interest in infrastructure projects
“We won’t bid on public jobs because we won’t get them,” Brett Miller, head of Building Envelope Systems, a construction firm in Plainville, said. He says that’s because companies using…
Spanish businessmen meet with king to discuss problems, opportunities in U.S.
The supply chain problems are affecting all sorts of enterprises and they are appearing in such things as the difficulty of importing from China aluminum with which to cover locally-manufactured…
GOP contenders debate in Whitefish, sans Zinke
All of the candidates supported reinstatement of country of origin labeling in the beef industry, which some argue would help level the playing field on the global stage. “We need…
Buy American and the domestic beef producer
The “Product of the USA” label in supermarket meat cases disguises inferior foreign meat products. Domestic manufacturers were promised an aggressive buy American agenda. The beef and pork producers were…