The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal is terrible even apart from its quantifiable economic effects, as it threatens our environment, our health, our democracy, our sovereignty, our security and many other things. But it is also a lousy deal on the pure economics, which is why it is currently being sold to the American people and Congress using bogus economic analysis. Read more
Why a Small Company Like WeatherTech Keeps Coming Back to the Super Bowl
Automotive, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production, Small BusinessEveryone’s favorite big-spending automotive floor-mat manufacturer, WeatherTech
, is back for its third straight Super Bowl—and will run the 30-second spot below in the first half of the game, after throwing down a challenge to two different directors. Read more
Skills Gap: Why It’s Creating New Manufacturing Opportunities
Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Military, Skills Gap, VeteransSkills Gap – the difference in the skills required on the job and the actual skills possessed by the employees.
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TPP Trade Deal Being Sold With Bogus Economic Models
Currency Manipulation, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, News, Politics, Public Policy, TPPThe Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade deal is terrible even apart from its quantifiable economic effects, as it threatens our environment, our health, our democracy, our sovereignty, our security and many other things. But it is also a lousy deal on the pure economics, which is why it is currently being sold to the American people and Congress using bogus economic analysis. Read more
50 Years on the Road to Made in America
American Made, BAGS – HANDBAGS, PACKBACKS, BOOKBAGS, Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Recycling, Small Business, SustainabilityOur organization, Mountain Bird Designs, is a new member of The Made in America Movement. Our premier products are business bags and clutches for women. We are a start-up company located in Western North Carolina.
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Chinese Made Cars Arrive in U.S. Showrooms
Automotive, Exports, Not Made in USAA PEEK under the hood of three new cars from Volvo, Buick and Cadillac will not reveal a Made in China label. But those cars are breaking new ground in the auto industry, becoming the first to be manufactured in the People’s Republic and exported to the United States. Read more
Ford Exits Japan, Dems Blame Trade Deal
Automotive, Currency Manipulation, EconomyTwo congressional Democrats on Monday blamed Ford Motor Co.’s exit from Japan on the lack of currency manipulation provisions in a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade deal. Read more
Walmart: It Came, It Conquered, Now It’s Packing Up and Leaving
Economy, Jobs, WalmartThe Town’n Country grocery in Oriental, North Carolina, a local fixture for 44 years, closed its doors in October after a Walmart store opened for business. Now, three months later — and less than two years after Walmart arrived — the retail giant is pulling up stakes, leaving the community with no grocery store and no pharmacy. Read more
Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA
Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, WalmartWalmart Stores Inc. plans to shutter 269 stores, the most in at least two decades, as it abandons its experimental small-format Express outlets and looks to streamline the chain. Read more
Schumer to Feds: Incorrect Use of ‘Made in America’ Label Hurting Central NY Company
American Made, Consumer Products, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, ManufacturingSchumer: Feds are currently listing flatware and other products made by companies as ‘American-Made’ when they are actually produced overseas, putting companies that manufacture in the U.S., like Sherrill Manufacturing in Central, NY, at a disadvantage. Senator pushes feds to review ‘Made in America’ listings and immediately remove companies that are falsely listed. Read more
Study Says: Walmart Imports From China Displaced 400,000 Jobs
Economy, Jobs, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Reshoring, WalmartImports from China by Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and biggest importer, eliminated or displaced over 400,000 jobs in the United States between 2001 and 2013, according to an estimate by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive research group that has long targeted Walmart’s policies.
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