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The blog of the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Must Reads

Apr 15 2024
Infrastructure By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Philadelphia’s SEPTA Transit System Officially Cancels Its Disastrous Rail Car Contract with Chinese State-owned Firm CRRC

SEPTA said the contract to build double-decker rail cars was “terminated for cause.” CRRC failed to deliver a single car; the project was four years behind schedule and $50 million over budget.

Apr 12 2024
Trade with China

Sherrod Brown Calls for a Ban on the Sale of Chinese EVs in the United States

Apr 11 2024
Trade with China

Study Finds China is Subsidizing Its Clean Energy Industry at a Rate Up to Nine Times Higher Than OECD Nations

Apr 10 2024
Buy America

Virginia Moves to Give Preference to Made in USA Goods for Government Contracts

The Build Back Better Blueprint

Dec 18 2020

Steel Overcapacity: Trump Performed Triage. Can Biden Heal the Wound?

America’s steel industry is vital to our national security and critical infrastructure. But it remains threatened by global overcapacity, and COVID-19 has only made things worse.

Dec 17 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

The United States Can’t Build Back Better Without Investing in American Workers

Dec 16 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

What Do Black Factory Workers Want from the Incoming Biden Administration?

Dec 15 2020
The Build Back Better Blueprint

Renewed Interest in Made in America Was a Boon to Small Manufacturers During COVID-19. But Will It Continue?

Made in America

Apr 08 2024

New York’s Orbic is Bringing Electronics Manufacturing to the U.S.

China and India are the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers, but one company is moving its production away from these countries and setting up shop in the United States. Dubbed “Project Patriot,” Orbic’s plan to manufacture connected devices on Long […]

Mar 25 2024
Made in America

Tennessee’s American Paper Optics Keeps Your Eyes Safe During the Eclipse and Beyond

Mar 15 2024
Made in America

Get Ready for the Upcoming Solar Eclipse with Made in USA Glasses

Mar 11 2024
Made in America

Steven Kurutz Explores the Stories Behind American-Made Apparel in “American Flannel”

Trade

Mar 18 2024
Trade By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Temu and Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Land at the Bottom of This Year’s Fashion Accountability Report

Both companies earned 0 out of 150 points in Remake’s annual report, which scored 52 leading fashion brands on the progress they’ve made in key areas. But even brands that scored the highest have a long way to go.

Mar 06 2024
Trade

New Coalition Aims to Close Trade Loophole Exploited by SHEIN and Temu

Feb 08 2024
Trade

Mexico Supplants China as America’s Top Source of Imports, But the “World’s Factory” is Opening New Back Doors

Feb 05 2024
Trade

Solar Panels Made with Forced Labor in China are Entering the U.S. Via India, Bloomberg Reports

Buy America

Apr 10 2024
Buy America By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Virginia Moves to Give Preference to Made in USA Goods for Government Contracts

A new law is a good start toward reinvesting more taxpayer dollars into local workers and businesses. Will other states enact their own measures?

Apr 08 2024
Buy America

Take Action: It’s Time for Maine to Buy American

Mar 12 2024
Buy America

How Does This Whole Kate Middleton Controversy Tie Into American Manufacturing?

Mar 08 2024
Buy America

A Big Day for Buy America

Workforce

Mar 27 2023
Workforce By Jeffrey Bonior

Filmmaking Competition Aims to Get Young People Interested in Manufacturing Careers

The “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing” contest in Pennsylvania asks middle schoolers to make videos that promote manufacturing as a career pathway.

Jan 21 2022
Workforce

Closing the Factory Floor Gender Gap

Oct 07 2021
Workforce

Democrats Discover Where They’ve Lost Voters: In Factory Towns

Oct 06 2021
Workforce

How Can Manufacturers Recruit More Women?

National Security

Feb 07 2024
National Security By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Proposed Rule Aims to Close a Glaring Gap in Freight Rail Security

The SAFE Trains Act, which passed as part of the infrastructure package in 2021, seeks to support Made in America freight rail — and limit influence of countries of concern, i.e. China.

Jan 10 2024
National Security

Yet Another Report Finds that the U.S. Defense Industrial Base is in Real Bad Shape

Dec 11 2023
National Security

Proposed Rule Aims to Make Sure Freight Rail Cars Aren’t Made in China

Dec 04 2023
National Security

A Draft of the National Defense Industrial Strategy Leaked, and There’s Reason to Worry

Infrastructure

Apr 15 2024
Infrastructure By Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch

Philadelphia’s SEPTA Transit System Officially Cancels Its Disastrous Rail Car Contract with Chinese State-owned Firm CRRC

SEPTA said the contract to build double-decker rail cars was “terminated for cause.” CRRC failed to deliver a single car; the project was four years behind schedule and $50 million over budget.

Apr 02 2024
Infrastructure

The Boston Boondoggle Continues! Transit Agency Agrees to Pay CRRC $148 Million More to Get its Very Delayed Rail Cars

May 17 2023
Infrastructure

The Biden Administration Just Unveiled “Buy Clean” Guidelines. Here’s What You Need to Know

May 15 2023
Infrastructure

It’s Infrastructure Week Again — No Joke

Jobs

Mar 20 2024
Jobs By Cathalijne Adams

Intel Awarded Biggest CHIPS and Science Act Grant to Date

The semiconductor company’s expansion will create nearly 30,000 jobs.

Feb 28 2024
Jobs

“Relighting the Flame” Premieres in Cleveland

Feb 02 2024
Jobs

Factories See More Job Gains in January Than in All of 2023

Dec 29 2023
Jobs

Top Manufacturing News Stories of 2023: Autoworkers Strike, and Set the Tone for the Clean Energy Transition