EPA’s Proposed Waiver of Buy America for $3 Billion Ports Program Draws Criticism from Labor and Environmental Groups americanmanufacturing.org/blog/epas-prop…

The USW continues to mark #AANHPI Heritage Month today by celebrating the work of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. The first Asian American to serve as USTR, Tai has consistently advocated for worker-centered trade policies.
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Isotopic analysis of hundreds of cotton products sold by U.S. and global retailers also found a 19 percent positivity rate for the forced-labor-linked Xinjiang fiber. sourcingjournal.com/topics/labor/x…

'This underscores the alarm that the industry has been raising for months about the infiltration of Xinjiang #cotton into the US...It's literally...being delivered to our doorsteps & UFLPA #enforcement has been anemic.” NCTO's Kim Glas on new Applied DNA Sciences study
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EXCLUSIVE: The US is poised to unveil tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other strategic sectors next week trib.al/VesY8Rk

The EPA's own internal watchdog 'found the agency did not keep tabs on waivers it issued for infrastructure projects meant to be made in America.' 😠
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'Yes, we now have cars that are parked here for a year, sometimes a year and a half.'

Still think China doesn't have an auto overcapacity problem?
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A flood of Made in China autos has reached Europe, and it's causing a whole lot of problems. American policymakers need to be paying attention.
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ICYMI: Listen to our March podcast episode with Lori Wallach & special guest Scott Paul (AAM) debunking tariff fears:

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China's battery production in 2023 was 'roughly equal to the entire world's demand' and the sector continues to grow, with 'a swathe of new entrants competing for market share.'
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The CHIPS and Science Act is working. Yes, a long way to go, but evidence of progress. nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/…

China's industrial overcapacity is about to hit a lot of sectors -- solar, autos, steel, and more. The U.S. needs to prepare NOW to avoid the second 'China Shock' we saw in the early 2000s that gutted many American communities.
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This is what Beijing's mass persecution in Xinjiang looks like: 'An estimated 1 in 26 Uyghurs and other non-Han people in the Uyghur Region are imprisoned, making up a third of China’s total prison population.' uhrp.org/insights/uhrp-…

U.S. Customs is officially blocking importation of Milwaukee Tool gloves made with forced labor. It's a step forward, but far more needs to be done to strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop all goods made with forced labor from entering the country.
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Vietnam is Not a Market Economy americanmanufacturing.org/blog/vietnam-i…

We were honored that Owen Herrnstadt of Export-Import Bank joined Scott Paul on THE MANUFACTURING REPORT podcast to talk about the new Make More in America Initiative. Listen to the full episode: bit.ly/3QExkgi

Industrial policy in action: 'The United States will triple its domestic chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, the largest increase in the world.'
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Said Scott Paul: '...more will need to be done to stem the threat of Chinese autos to our national and economic security, which is why we have called for a broad range of measures, including higher tariffs and limiting EV tax credits.'
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This is a warning sign for the United States.
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'Without these sensible changes enacted into law, Massachusetts will continue a path of sending Bay Staters' hard-earned tax dollars to foreign firms when American workers stand to do the work.'