This is a trend that does not help #manufacturing :

A Strong U.S. Dollar Weighs on the World nytimes.com/2024/04/29/bus…

Why is the EPA proposing an overly broad waiver of #BuyAmerica for its $3 billion Clean Ports Program, especially when labor and environmental groups are criticizing the proposal? americanmanufacturing.org/blog/epas-prop…

TAKE ACTION HERE: U.S. Tax Dollars Must Not Pay for China’s Buses, Trams and Monorails at America's Airports! secure.everyaction.com/pYprOxesAUm0tY…

U.S. apparel makers stepped up during the pandemic to make things the U.S. desperately needed. Now many of those same makers are going out of business b/c the U.S. won't close an outdated loophole that is underwriting the success of bad actors like SHEIN.
forbes.com/sites/jimvinos…

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to close the loophole that allows China's state-owned and supported companies to access U.S. tax dollars to supply shuttles, buses, and trains at American airports. secure.everyaction.com/pYprOxesAUm0tY…

READ: Rep. John Moolenaar’s first op-ed as Chairman of the Select Committee:

“5 China Threats the U.S. Can’t Afford to Ignore” for Fox News Opinion ✍️
foxnews.com/opinion/5-chin…

HEARING TODAY: 'Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible.'

Watch Livestream --- > youtube.com/watch?v=iOz7u5…

Steel documentary aims to change narrative about industry, show the flames still burn at steel mills nwitimes.com/news/local/ste…

Take action:

It's time to close this loophole. Tell your Members of Congress to support the Airport Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act and make sure it makes it into the final FAA reauthorization bill! secure.everyaction.com/pYprOxesAUm0tY…

TAKE ACTION: U.S. Tax Dollars Must Not Pay for China’s Buses, Trams and Monorails at America's Airports! secure.everyaction.com/pYprOxesAUm0tY…

TAKE ACTION: It's time to close the loophole that allows Chinese state-owned & supported companies to bid on taxpayer-funded contracts for transit at U.S. airports!
secure.everyaction.com/pYprOxesAUm0tY…

'Shipping container exports from China to Mexico were up nearly 60% in January... The surge in exports from China to Mexico suggests the possibility 'that the increase in trade we are witnessing is due to importers trying to circumvent US tariffs.'' cnn.com/2024/04/28/bus…

China's government is encouraging 'unprofitable carmakers to keep producing... adding cars to a global market that risks becoming more oversupplied.' Now 'Washington is worried that Chinese companies will try to dump subsidized vehicles in the U.S.'
wsj.com/business/autos…

Listen to Scott Paul: 'The presence of the massive amount of industrial overcapacity China has... is a real threat, and we know this because we've seen this play out before in the United States and in other industries. It doesn't end well.'
eenews.net/articles/solar…

Thanks Joseph S. Pete & @nwi for covering the RELIGHTING THE FLAME screening in Indiana last week. If you haven't seen the documentary yet, watch it at RelightingtheFlameFilm.com. Relighting the Flame Film
nwitimes.com/news/local/ste…

Labor & environmental groups are criticizing the EPA's plan to waive Buy America for the $3 billion Clean Ports Program, with some arguing it could end up being a taxpayer-funded giveaway to China.
americanmanufacturing.org/blog/epas-prop…

FTC is taking aggressive action to protect US manufacturers and consumers. Since 2021 we have:

✔️ Finalized a new Made in USA Rule
✔️ Held repeat offenders accountable
✔️ Brought actions targeting mislabeled apparel, batteries, patriotic gifts, and more 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

This is the SECOND time Williams-Sonoma has gotten caught for false Made in USA labeling. The first time was in 2020, and the company was the first to be issued a fine for their deception. Now Williams-Sonoma is making history again -- for all the wrong reasons!

Labor & environmental orgs are worried abt EPA's plans to waive Buy America for the Clean Ports Program, saying it 'misses an opportunity to align w/ the Biden administration’s goals of promoting emissions reductions & supporting domestic manufacturing.'
americanmanufacturing.org/blog/epas-prop…

Industrial policy works. We should be applying it across the board for critical goods, from ships to baby formula to pharmaceuticals. ft.com/content/267561…