Manufacturing Policy

Manufacturing prowess is "the hinge on which history turns," and much of it's taking place outside the United States, a panelist argues.

The National Manufacturing Advisory Council Act, which passed the U.S. Senate unanimously, is the latest example.

The legislative effort would be a major step toward reshoring production capacity for an important industry.

The CEO of Guardian Bikes details the challenges an industry whose production has moved almost entirely offshore.

A tariff reprieve won’t help – but it will take far more than tariffs, anyway. Smartphones, computers and other electronics got an exclusion from the suddenly very high “reciprocal”...

President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, but doing so would imperil the thousands of new factory jobs that are set to grow in Republican districts.

Don't believe the weird pushback that emerged this week. President Biden's industrial policy has spurred a whole lot of manufacturing construction growth -- but we need to maintain the momentum.

Have the industrial policies behind "Bidenomics" been worthwhile? Sure, but the work is by no means finished.

But they're still being cautious with their rhetoric when discussing American efforts vs. Beijing.

A prominent economics columnist picks the latter.