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Manufacture This

The blog of the Alliance for American Manufacturing

Must Reads

Feb 28 2026
By Jeffrey Bonior

This Overlooked Industrial Building Block is Holding Everything Together

New Hampshire’s ACME Staple Company has been making them for more than 130 years.

Feb 26 2026
 

A Buy America Rule for the Bluegrass State

Feb 26 2026
Made in America

U. S. Steel Turns 125

Feb 25 2026
Innovation

New Advances in AI Models Bring Fresh Accusations of Chinese Theft

Trade

Feb 23 2026

How China Evades American Tariffs and Gets Away With It

Winning a court case against unfair trade should mean justice, but for many American manufacturers, it doesn’t. And it’s costing them billions. Today, David Rashid of auto-parts maker Plews & Edelmann and Betsy Natz of the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association […]

Feb 11 2026
Trade

The U.S. Must Insist on Stronger Rules of Origin in the USMCA

Jan 09 2026
Trade

The Monthly Trade Deficit Drops to a 16-Year Low

Dec 29 2025
Trade

The Year of the Tariff

Buy America

Feb 26 2026
By Brian Lombardozzi

A Buy America Rule for the Bluegrass State

AAM joins the United Steelworkers to lobby for a domestic preference rule in Kentucky’s public buildings and public works projects.

Feb 18 2026
 

A Look Inside the Michigan Factory that Makes Pigment for Yellow Road Paint

Oct 08 2025
 

Michigan Now Covers the Pigment in Yellow Road Paint Under its Buy America Laws

Oct 01 2025
Buy America

The FHWA’s General Buy America Waiver for Manufactured Products is No More

Workforce

Aug 29 2025
Workforce By Scott Paul

The Power and Pride of Workers

Some thoughts on workers’ contributions to our country this Labor Day weekend.

Mar 27 2023
Workforce

Filmmaking Competition Aims to Get Young People Interested in Manufacturing Careers

Jan 21 2022
Workforce

Closing the Factory Floor Gender Gap

Oct 07 2021
Workforce

Democrats Discover Where They’ve Lost Voters: In Factory Towns

National Security

Jul 16 2025
National Security By Matthew McMullan

A New Bill in Congress Aims to Eliminate Loopholes in Rolling Stock Procurement

The STOP China Act would prevent federal financial assistance awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation from flowing to companies backed by the Chinese government. In late 2019 Congress passed bipartisan legislation to keep Chinese state-owned and -supported enterprises from […]

May 14 2025
National Security

Senators Look to Stop DOT Assistance for Transit Vehicles from Flowing to China-backed Companies

Jan 02 2025
National Security

American Shipbuilding Could Get a Boost This Year

Oct 21 2024
National Security

Congressional Labor Caucus Urges “Swift Conclusion” in Shipbuilding Investigation

Infrastructure

Feb 10 2026
Infrastructure By Matthew McMullan

AI Dominated the Super Bowl Ads This Year

Just as dominant? Voter sentiment that AI infrastructure should be American-made. So says new AAM polling. Ads that air during the Super Bowl are famously among the most expensive real estate on television. Just 30 seconds of time during the […]

Jan 13 2026
Infrastructure

Domestic Iron and Steel Industry Urges Congress to Maintain Buy America in Upcoming Transportation Bill

Sep 05 2025
Infrastructure

Amtrak’s High-speed Trains Have Arrived

Jun 04 2025
Infrastructure

All Aboard the Mardi Gras Line: Amtrak Brings Passenger Rail Back to the Gulf Coast

Jobs

Mar 19 2025
Jobs By Matthew McMullan

You, Too, Can Fill Out Your March Madness Bracket Based On the Number of Nearby Factory Jobs

What could go wrong?

Dec 06 2024
Jobs

Manufacturing Jobs Haven’t Done Much in 2024

Oct 22 2024
Jobs

There are More Factory Jobs Now Than Before the Covid-19 Pandemic, New Study Confirms

Aug 26 2024
Jobs

Lifetime Show Shines a Spotlight on Military Veterans Forging a New Career with U.S. Steel

Made in America

Feb 28 2026
By Jeffrey Bonior

This Overlooked Industrial Building Block is Holding Everything Together

New Hampshire’s ACME Staple Company has been making them for more than 130 years.

Feb 26 2026
Made in America

U. S. Steel Turns 125

Feb 23 2026
Made in America

Witmer Furniture: Built in Wisconsin, Built to Last

Feb 19 2026
 

Taking a Slice of the Shaving Market, One Arizona-made Razor at a Time