Greg Owens \ June 7, 2021 \ Industry Week The COOL bill would mandate prominent disclosure of where a product is produced, for all online retailers. Amazon has been in the news of late due to concerns over its workplace conditions. But Americans now have another reason to be apprehensive about Amazon and other e-commerce…
Senators Tammy Baldwin, Chuck Schumer, and others want consumers to know where goods sold online were manufactured. Big Retail wants the language removed from the Endless Frontier Act. What are they so worried about?
Congress is getting serious about making sure government purchases are Made in the USA. Meanwhile, Rep. Bill Pascrell wonders about corporate responsibility.
via Morning Consult President Joe Biden’s address to Congress made an ambitious case for building America’s clean energy future. Not only did the president pledge to create “millions of good-paying jobs,” but he aimed for all of his proposed advances in electric vehicles and renewable energy to be “made in America.” Helpfully, Biden even acknowledged the complexity…
When President Biden laid out his vision for the U.S. economy before Congress on April 28th, he emphasized that rebuilding the U.S. economy should focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” The federal government should give preference to U.S.-made products as much as possible. To hammer home the point, Biden added: “there is simply no reason why…
President Biden said that his climate change policies will create millions of jobs if he favors American manufacturing. If not, any sort of green new deal just ends up being a China job’s program. Here’s China’s position in global wind and solar manufacturing today.
A Senate hearing today looked back at our early response to the pandemic. A year later, what went right, what went wrong, and how to re-shore pharma now.
The Department of Commerce heard a panel of industry leaders on Thursday discussing the shortage in semiconductors, and asks why we can’t make this stuff at home.