March 30, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingSteel industry leaders tell Congress we must stay vigilant against unfairly traded imports. Steel executives, union leaders and manufacturing experts told Members of Congress on Wednesday that America’s steel industry remains at risk because of unfair foreign imports, noting that a further […]
March 17, 2017
Via: Industry WeekFrench authorities joined the U.K. in a corruption probe of Airbus Group SE (IW 1000/44) centered on allegations of fraudulent practices related to selling planes and arranging aircraft financing. The probe by the Parquet National Financier follows steps by the […]
March 16, 2017
Via: Industry WeekPresident Trump has already met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about his plans to re-negotiate NAFTA, which he often called “the worst trade deal in the history of this country” on the campaign […]
March 9, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingEverybody’s talking about the trade deficit this week. Well, come sit by us, everybody! In case you missed it, new trade figures released on Tuesday showed that the goods and services deficit rose to $48.5 billion in January, a 9.6 […]
March 7, 2017
Via: Industry WeekSlow and methodical. That’s how Zachary Barry characterizes Aladdin Light Lift Inc.’s approach toward exporting. The Huntsville, Ala., company manufactures electronic motor and wench systems designed to raise and lower chandeliers and decorative lighting. Like many small manufacturers, Aladdin couldn’t […]
March 7, 2017
Via: Industry WeekExxonMobil will invest $20 billion at 11 new and existing sites in the next 10 years to expand its manufacturing and export capacity along the Gulf of Mexico, the company announced March 6. The expansion program, which ExxonMobil is calling […]
March 3, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingThe Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) joined with nine leading organizations representing the iron and steel industry on Thursday to send a letter to President Trump to express “absolute and unqualified support” for strong Buy America preferences. The foundation of […]
March 2, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingBy targeting the U.S., the WTO is making it harder for us to defend against unfair trade. If you’ve been following the trade debate over the past week — and really, who hasn’t! — then you’ve likely seen the Trump […]
March 2, 2017
Via: The New York TimesWhatever confusion people might have about President Trump’s agenda, his position on trade and manufacturing is crystal clear. “I believe strongly in free trade, but it also has to be fair trade,” he said in his address to Congress Tuesday […]
February 24, 2017
Via: Industry WeekThe chieftains of U.S. manufacturing pressed their case to President Donald Trump Thursday that imposing taxes on imports would lead to higher employment. He got their message loud and clear. Just after meeting with the CEOs of Dow Chemical Co., […]
February 17, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingStrengthening trade enforcement is key to strengthening American manufacturing. Washington Mills, a maker of abrasive and fused minerals used by a wide range of industries, had to reduce its prices to “unprofitable levels.” Verso Corporation, which makes a variety of […]
Industry Focus Areas, Workforce Development
February 15, 2017
Via: Industry WeekTrade pressure and faltering U.S. competitiveness, not automation was the main reason the U.S. lost 5.7 million manufacturing jobs between 2000 and 2010, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). “We keep hearing from […]
Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle
February 3, 2017
Via: Automotive NewsDelphi Automotive said that if it brings any manufacturing to the U.S. from Mexico, it is likely to be automated work, which has fewer jobs attached to it. Joe Massaro, Delphi chief financial officer, said that 90 percent of the […]
February 1, 2017
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingAround three-fourths of the jobs lost were in manufacturing. We already know that millions of American manufacturing workers lost their jobs after China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001. Now, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) […]
January 30, 2017
Via: Industry WeekFor many companies, the 2008-09 recession was a time to scale back. But for Michael Araten, CEO and president of the toy company K’Nex Industries, it was a time to rethink and regroup. K’Nex, which makes Tinkertoys and Lincoln Logs […]
Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle, Regulations
January 27, 2017
Via: Industry WeekAutomakers and parts manufacturers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are meeting state and provincial governments to co-ordinate a response to President Donald Trump as he pushes far-reaching changes to a trade deal that’s crucial to the industry, the […]
Industry Focus Areas, Motorized Vehicle
January 6, 2017
Via: Automotive NewsOn the surface, Ford Motor Co.’s decision to scrap a $1.6 billion Mexican plant and invest $700 million in Michigan is a public relations victory. It makes peace with the incoming Trump administration that repeatedly berated Ford on the campaign […]
December 13, 2016
Via: Industry WeekU.S. bilateral trade with China and Mexico, particularly the growing deficits the U.S. carries with the two nations, generally drives the conversation about U.S. manufacturing trade. With the latest report on U.S. international trade in goods and services, from the […]
November 29, 2016
Via: the Alliance for American ManufacturingThe president-elect has been announcing negotiations on Twitter. It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving. Yours truly ate approximately 400 turkey sandwiches in the last 72 hours. When I wasn’t wolfing down some bird, I was reading about how President-elect Donald Trump […]
November 28, 2016
Via: Automotive NewsPresident-elect Donald Trump’s critical stance toward free trade could affect Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s business in North America, according to the Italian automaker’s chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne. Trump’s election “certainly is a game changer, mainly because I think that […]