Dan DiMicco: My book, “American Made”, is more about doubling the amounts of goods manufactured here than about Buy American, don’t confuse the two……….

……..Of course getting Manufacturing to be 20%+ of GDP versus today’s 11% will significantly increase the amount of American made goods purchased by Americans, but it will also increase the amount of American made goods exported to the world. [Reposted from the blog of Dan DiMicco  |  Dan DiMicco  |  April 3, 2015] Why? As…

Made in USA Foundation: Chinese Drywall

Many homeowners in the United States have been suffering for years from contaminated Chinese home improvement products.  [Reposted from the Made In USA Foundation Newsletter  |  March 2015] Defective drywall was manufactured in China and imported to the United States starting in 2001. Laboratory tests of samples for volatile chemicals identified emissions of the sulfurous…

Huh? Oregon Blueberry Growers want Trade Deals?

Ron Wyden is getting pressure from Intel and Nike to approve fast track. But also (supposedly) blueberry growers. Which doesn’t make sense. This article in the Wall Street Journal reports on how the anti-Fast Track forces are trying to convince Senator Wyden (D-OR) to oppose making a deal with Senator Orrin Hatch. But I was…

Washington Trade Daily: Hitting Canada on TPP

Canada’s participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiation is at risk because it has “declined to seriously engage” in talks about opening up its dairy, poultry and egg industries, according to the U.S. government’s chief agricultural negotiator, the National Post reported (see related report this issue). Ambassador Darci Vetter said the choice on whether to…

Seattle City Council Opposes Fast Track

One week ago, the Seattle City Council voted to approve a resolution opposing Fast Track.  That resolution can be found here.  In addition, CPA wrote a letter to the City Council to support the resolution.  We received an email back in response, cut and pasted below. Thanks again to the Seattle City Council for opposing…

AAM: Manufacturing Lost 1,000 Jobs in March

The Department of Labor reported this morning that America’s manufacturing sector lost 1,000 jobs in March. [Reposted from the Alliance for American Manufacturing site  |  April 3, 2015] The #AAMeter, which tracks President Obama’s promise to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs in his second term, decreased to +372,000 jobs, after revisions to previous months’…