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News Desk: US President Joe Biden will sign a series of executive orders on Monday to promote \u201cMade in America\u201d products and strengthen supply chains, senior officials said, asserting that the new administration remains committed to working with partners and allies to modernise international trade rules.<\/p>\n
Prominent among the executive orders include a strict enforcement of procuring products made inside the country by federal agencies. This is very significant given that contracting alone accounts for nearly USD 600 billion in federal spending.<\/p>\n
Biden is taking action to reset the US government\u2019s longstanding approach to domestic preferences to create an approach that will remain durable for years to come and grow quality, union jobs, according to a senior administration official.<\/p>\n
It is long overdue that the US government utilises the full force of current domestic preferences to support America\u2019s workers and businesses, strengthening the economy, workers, and communities across the country, the official said.<\/p>\n
The President\u2019s Executive Order establishes the goals and standards necessary to use federal purchasing, and other forms of federal assistance with domestic preference requirements, as a way to proactively invest in American industry so it can continue to lead in the global marketplace, the
\nWhite House said.<\/p>\n
For the executive order, \u201cMade in America\u201d refers to domestic preferences related to federal procurement, federal grants, and other forms of federal assistance. Buy American and Buy America refers to the specific statutes that go by those names, it said.<\/p>\n
The executive order to be signed by Biden at the White House, directs agencies to close current loopholes in how domestic content is measured and increase domestic content requirements and appoints a new senior leader in the Executive Office of the President in charge of the government\u2019s \u201cMade in America\u201d policy approach.<\/p>\n
This order creates a central review of agency waivers of \u2018Buy American\u2019 requirements, fulfilling the president\u2019s commitment to crack down on unnecessary waivers. It also directs the General Services Administration to publish relevant waivers on a publicly available website.<\/p>\n
President will continue to be a strong advocate for the Jones Act and its mandate that only US-flag vessels carry cargo between US ports, which supports American production and America\u2019s workers.<\/p>\n
With the signing of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, the Jones Act has also been affirmed as an opportunity to invest in America\u2019s workers as the US builds offshore renewable energy, in line with the President\u2019s goals to build a clean energy future in America.<\/p>\n
The order requires agencies to report on their implementation of current \u201cMade in America\u201d laws and make recommendations for achieving the president\u2019s \u201cMade in America\u201d goals, and to continue to do so on a bi-annual basis.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis order is deeply intertwined with the President\u2019s commitment to invest in American manufacturing, including clean energy and critical supply chains, grow good-paying, union jobs, and advance racial equity. The federal government should buy from suppliers that are growing the sectors of the future and treating their workers with dignity and respect,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe remain committed to working with partners and allies to modernize international trade rules-including those related to government procurement\u2013to make sure all countries can use their taxpayer dollars to spur investment in their own countries,\u201d said a senior administration official.<\/p>\n
The purpose is to strengthen supply chains \u201cso that we are more resilient to that type of weaknesses that we\u2019ve seen emerge in the COVID environment and we\u2019re never put in a position where we are reliant on countries who don\u2019t share our interest,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
Responding to a question, the official said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed significant weaknesses in a number of critical supply chains in the US.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we\u2019re seeing that most acutely in the context of health-related materials, it has exposed weaknesses in supply chains for other critical materials whether from semiconductors to inputs critical metals that are inputs into batteries,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n
Biden\u2019s predecessor Donald Trump believed that the \u201cMade in America\u201d policy was important for the country\u2019s economy and reviving the manufacturing sector. It was a key part of Trump\u2019s election campaign.<\/p>\n
In July last year, Trump signed an executive order that raised the standards for products to be designated as \u201cMade in America\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe philosophy of my administration is simple: If we can build it, grow it, or make it in the United States, we will,\u201d Trump had said as he made rounds of the \u201cMade in America products\u201d on the lawns of the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Desk: US President Joe Biden will sign a series of executive orders on Monday to promote \u201cMade in America\u201d products and strengthen supply chains, senior officials said, asserting that the new administration remains committed to working with partners and allies to modernise international trade rules. Prominent among the executive orders include a strict enforcement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":66039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n