Back in May, this column reported on President Donald Trump’s “Buy American” executive order, which formally announced the administration’s policy and plan to “maximize . . . use of goods, products and materials produced in the United States” through federal procurements to “support the American manufacturing and defense industrial bases.” [Jeff Bozman, Justin M. Ganderson…

Briggs & Stratton Corporation, a manufacturer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, will relocate production of its V-Twin Vanguard engines from a joint venture partnership in Japan to its existing manufacturing facilities in Statesboro, Georgia and Auburn, Alabama. [Area Development News Desk | October 31, 2017 | Area Development News] Production of V-Twin Vanguard engines in…