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TPP Trade Deal Being Sold With Bogus Economic Models

in Currency Manipulation, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, News, Politics, Public Policy, TPP/by The Made in America Movement Team

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

50 Years on the Road to Made in America

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Our 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.

Walmart to Shut Hundreds of Stores Across USA

in Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Walmart/by The Made in America Movement Team

Walmart 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

in American Made, Consumer Products, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

Schumer: 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

The Power of Manufacturers Using ‘Made in USA’ in Marketing

in American Made, Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

“Made in the USA” marketing makes smart business sense. U.S. manufacturers are discovering that home-grown production has increasing financial benefits, especially compared to China, whose competitiveness has dimmed significantly. However, the marketing value of “Made in the USA” could well be even greater. Read more

Closing Loopholes in Buy American Act Could Create up to 100,000 U.S. Jobs

in American Made, Domestic Sourcing, Economy, Government, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Sourcing/by The Made in America Movement Team

By closing loopholes in the Buy American Act, the 21^st Century Buy American Act will increase demand for U.S. manufactured goods and create at least 60,000 to 100,000 U.S. jobs. Read more

Georgia launches apprenticeship program to tackle stubborn skills gap

Georgia Launches Apprenticeship Program to Tackle Skills Gap

in Education, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Skills Gap/by The Made in America Movement Team

Georgia launched an apprenticeship program as a new tactic to combat a persistent problem. Even as the state struggles with a stubborn jobless rate, there’s a growing demand for highly skilled workers that remains unmet. Read more

Good Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

in Economy, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Outsourcing, Production, Reshoring/by The Made in America Movement Team

SPRING HILL, Tenn.—The hulking General Motors factory in this town south of Nashville undermines the complaints by politicians left and right that America doesn’t make things anymore. Read more

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Manufacturer’s Made in USA Definition Costs Big Bucks

in Made in USA, MANUFACTURERS, Manufacturing/by The Made in America Movement Team

As companies “tiptoe” back to the United States from overseas, the “Made in USA” label should grow more common. However, ambiguous rules are costing some manufacturers hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties and legal fees. So what’s the problem? The coveted “Made in USA” does not always mean the same thing to companies as to the Federal Trade Commission. Read more

Liberty Tabletop Sets a Made in USA Table

in Domestic Sourcing, Jobs, Made in USA, Manufacturing, Production/by The Made in America Movement Team

Liberty Tabletop – There are many signs that the fortunes of the century-old plant, now owned by Sherrill Manufacturing, aren’t what they once were, but among the starkest are the dozens of discolored concrete patches that line a stretch of the cavernous factory floor. They mark the holes where drop hammers were ripped out and […]