The State of Pennsylvania legislature passed a resolution recognizing November 19th as American Made Matters Day. Here is a video from the organization American Made Matters (AMM) that highlights the importance of buying US made products. AMM is a member of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
[Stumo Note: China builds free plants for politically favored companies like Foxconn to build products to export to the US and other countries. Its one of many anti-competitive subsidies]. [By Lorraine Luk | Updated Oct. 23, 2014 | Wall Street Journal] HONG KONG—Foxconn, the company that assembles the bulk of the world’s iPhones, is in…
[Editors note: This article shows a glimpse of how China manipulates its value added tax (VAT) rebate system to incentivize exports in certain products. Chinese firms can sell at or below cost, and make money on the government VAT rebate check.] [by Annie Li | October 16, 2014 | Daily Media Report of the…
American Made Matters Day: A Call-to-Action for Consumers [by american | October 17, 2014 | americanmadematters.com] ADAMSTOWN, P.A. – American Made Matters, an organization dedicated to educating consumers on the importance of buying American-made products, is holding the 2nd annual American Made Matters Day on November 19th. The purpose of the event is for consumers…
Massachusetts is awarding a contract to build rail cars to CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles, a Chinese state-owned company, a subordinate of China CNR Corporation Ltd. The company will do final assembly of the cars in Massachusetts. [Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog | Dave Johnson | October 23, 2014] This is the…
