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…
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…
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…
The federal government focuses on boosting domestic content requirements
President Joe Biden’s administration continues to hone its Made in America policy with the goal of boosting U.S.-based manufacturing. American steel manufacturers and their unions are among the biggest cheerleaders…
Tailgating this Weekend? Your Hamburger Probably Came from Australia
The meat-processors are generating record profits during the pandemic, at the expense of consumers, farmers, and ranchers. During the pandemic, wholesale prices for beef rose much faster than input prices…
How 9/11 convinced Americans to buy, buy, buy
This notion of consumer patriotism isn’t unique to 9/11. American colonists boycotted British goods and were expected to buy American during the Revolutionary War; in the 1920s and ’30s, there was a push to…
Defense Budget: Rep. Garamendi’s Buy American Push Shot Down by House Committee
If most of those items were made here, “it would add up to tens of thousands of jobs,” Garamendi said. “We’ve all heard about supply chain disruptions in PPE, in…
Americans need to stop buying Chinese products
Why are people like sheep? China is one of our biggest enemies and we send them millions of dollars to manufacture our clothing. When are Americans going to get smart…
What ‘Buy American’ means in a global economy
In fact, in the past five years, a whopping 69 percent of all new U.S. manufacturing jobs were created by international companies. That does not even include recent announcements like the 400 new union jobs being…