A country’s economic power comes from manufacturing. But while other countries have industrial policies, America has a de-industrialization policy. We have handed our country’s manufacturing capacity over to other countries, and as a result we have to borrow more and more to be able to buy the things that we used to make. How did this come to be? Who would be against American manufacturing?
President Obama has signaled a new direction in America's trade policies by deciding to impose tariffs on tires imported from China, in respose to an International Trade Commission finding that China violated trade agreements. Our blog team explains what that decision means for American trade and American jobs.
