Buy American creates good jobs for American workers “The federal government is the number one consumer in the United States. If the federal government spends its dollars to invest in American ...

'Buy America' Was a Bad Idea Last Century. It's a Worse One Now. Far from modernizing the economy, recycling these old rules in the new infrastructure plan won't create more jobs or make the U.S ...

The original Buy American Act, which codifies these procedures, was created under President Herbert Hoover in 1933–also a time of economic stress. Featured Video An Inc.com Featured Presentation ...

Separately, the Buy America Act of 1982 requires the use of U.S.-made iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction of transportation infrastructure—highways, ...

The oil and pipeline sectors say Trump’s “Buy America” idea would increase costs, add to uncertainty and threaten his goal of boosting the domestic fossil fuel industry.

While the Buy American provisions might protect 3 million U.S. manufacturing jobs (as claimed by White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki) by shutting out foreign competition, it would threaten many of ...

As Congress considers the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), protectionist policies are on the table once again. Under the guise of “Buy America,” such policies would make it ...

The Buy American provisions allow agencies to apply for waivers if domestic procurement would increase costs by 25 percent, is “inconsistent with the public interest” or if the product is not ...

So it’s unsurprising, but unfortunate, that President Biden, in one of the few instances where he did not differ from President Donald Trump, campaigned on tougher Buy American rules.