Harris’ focus on Central America reignites clothing jobs battle
Big clothing companies such as The Gap, Levi Strauss, Hanesbrand and VF Corp., whose brands include The North Face, say current trade rules discourage them from importing potentially billions of…
Camas mulls ‘buy American’ policy
Should the city of Camas buy “Made in America” goods over those produced outside the United States? That was the question Camas City Council members tossed around during the council’s…
Bama in a Box subscription service helps Alabama small businesses
“We wanted to buy American, but further than that, we wanted to buy local from Alabama,” Stalnaker said. “The more we researched, the more we realized that literally almost everything…
Connecticut and New York Companies Agree to Pay Over $900,000 for Providing Chinese-Made Containers to Department of Defense
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that SoNo International LLC (“SoNo”) and Ark Capital Equipment LLC (“Ark”) have agreed to jointly pay $904,000 to the federal government to resolve…
How China Will Come to Dominate the EV Car Market in the Americas
The EV auto market has been heavily invested in by the Chinese – with at least three mid-sized sedans from Nio, XPeng and BYD ready to roll, or in the…
Contractors should prepare for more changes to Buy American Act
Don’t confuse the Buy American Act with the Buy America Act. The Buy American Act applies to federal government procurements, including construction of federal projects such as dams, federal buildings…
The Next Chapter of “Made in America”
The causes today are varied but are rooted in a longstanding and perilous deficiency of the U.S. economy — so many of the products and materials vital to modern American…
Opinion: Reviving U.S. heavy industry would build a safer, more sustainable world
This China-driven deindustrialization of our country is neither inevitable nor irreversible. Reinforced by the COVID-19 crisis, a bipartisan consensus recognizes that as a matter of national security, indeed survival, America…
U.S. Congress passes ban on imports from China’s Xinjiang
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang region over concerns about forced labor, part of Washington’s continued pushback against Beijing’s treatment of the country’s…