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The U.S. market: More appealing for manufactureres than ever
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Brookings: The Outsized Benefits of U.S. Manufacturing
In a recent post on the Brookings Institute Up Front Blog, Howard Wial, Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program and Jonathan Rothwell, Senior Research Analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program examine why manufacturing is such a critical pillar of our economy.
The Outsized Benefits of U.S. Manufacturing
In a recent post on the Brookings Institute Up Front Blog, Howard Wial and Jonathan Rothwell of the Metropolitan Policy Program examined why manufacturing is such a critical pillar of the U.S. economy. The duo took aim at a recent New York Times op-ed by Christina Romer, the former chair of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors.
February 8, 2012 Headlines: Low Skilled Workers Hurting, Rise of the Yuan, Transportation Bill, and More
WaPo: Despite the drop in unemployment, low-skilled workers are feeling the pinch still.
WSJ: How the Yuan is becoming a global reserve currency.
- How lowering the value of the dollar can help to lower the trade deficit.
What would happen if the value of the dollar were lowered?
A new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) demonstrates that a reduction of the value of the dollar could potentially correct America's large trade deficit in the United States.
Imports from China keep moving up the technology ladder, according to a new USBIC report
As President Obama prepares to meet China’s likely next leader in Washington, a new U.S. Business and Industry Council study shows that China’s challenge to American manufacturing is rapidly spreading from low-value consumer goods to dozens of advanced manufacturing sectors.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) cracks down on China's attempt to force MI business owner to hand over technology
Every day, millions of Chinese products are imported into a U.S. market that strives to protect intellectual property rights. Unfortunately, these same protections do not apply to American companies that sell high-tech goods to China, a nation that has long employed a host of predatory trade practices and blatant disregard for intellectual property rights.
February 7, 2011 Headlines: New WTO Rules, Good News for Jobs, Payroll Tax Fight, and More
The Hill: New WTO anti-dumping regulations are forcing changes to American trade enforcement.
Ezra Klein: All measureable qualities of unemployment are falling.
- AAM's Scott Paul was on C-SPAN yesterday morning.
Steelworker for the Future Program Launched in Central Pennsylvania
ArcelorMittal Steelton and the United Steelworkers Local 1688, in partnership with Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State York, have launched a Steelworker for the Future program in Central Pennsylvania.
WSJ: Factory demand up in December
Good news: According the Wall Street Journal, U.S. factories experienced an increase in demand in December, and new orders for manufactured goods rose for the second month in a row.
C-SPAN looks at the state of U.S. manufacturing--An interview with Scott Paul of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM)
February 6, 2011 Headlines: Jobs Numbers Analysis, Transportation Bill Coming, New White House Plan, and More
NYT: Christina Romer, former Chairwoman of the Council of Economic Advisers, says we don’t need a manufacturing policy.
- ABC News looks at how much of the Super Bowl was Made in America