Alliance for American Manufacturing

Is This An 'Icon Of Embarrassment'?

| Posted 04.02.2012

This article comes to us courtesy of SF Weekly's The Snitch. By Erin Sherbert As a tourist, you might refer to the Bay Bridge as a spectacular s...

America's Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.07.2012

Leo W. Gerard

Although conservative candidates revel in ridiculing Western Europe, America could learn crucial economic lessons from Germany, which maintains trade surpluses, including one with China in auto parts.

Legislation Offers Antidote for Stupidity of Shipping Tax-Dollar-Financed Jobs Overseas

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.18.2012

Leo W. Gerard

Amid prolonged, painfully high unemployment, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer for the past year tirelessly advocated a simple solution: buy American-made products.

Poll Shows Creating Manufacturing Jobs Is Key to Recovery

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 11.07.2011

Michele Nash-Hoff

Despite overwhelming public concern about these issues, fewer voters now believe the president or either party in Congress is focused on jobs than thought so in 2010.

We're Number Two: Why America Is Losing its Lead in Manufacturing and How We Can Get it Back

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Paul

When IHS Global Insight revealed this week that China has passed the United States to lead the world in manufacturing output, the response from some i...

If Gary Locke Goes To China...

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Paul

Secretary Locke -- our next ambassador to China if confirmed by the Senate -- will need to clean up a mess decades in the making.

American Manufacturing Slowly Rotting Away: How Industries Die

Ian Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

Ian Fletcher

Losing positions in key technologies means that whatever brilliant innovations Americans may dream up, large-scale commercialization of those innovations will increasingly take place abroad.

The Voters' Message: Manufacturing a Solution

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Leo W. Gerard

Voters know that punishing currency manipulators, dealing boldly with violations of international trade rules, and ending tax incentives to outsource jobs would help reverse the decline of American manufacturing.

No Fluke: Republicans Support Off-Shoring Jobs

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Leo W. Gerard

Every Republican in the Senate voted against the Act. They voted to continue forcing Americans to give tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas during the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Despite Obama Rhetoric About Made In America, Obama Is Quietly Pushing Failed Bush Trade Policies

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Elk

With jobs at the forefront of every voter's mind, President Barack Obama and key members of his administration have been publicly promoting new trade ...

For the Strength of Rosie the Riveter: Make It in America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Leo W. Gerard

Shuttered factories and off-shored manufacturing are sapping American strength. Manufacturing needs help, and with unemployment stuck at 9.5 percent, so do the American people. "Make it in America" is that aid.

U.S. Politicians Deny the Obvious Injury; U.S. Manufacturing Bleeds

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Leo W. Gerard

In the trade clash between China and America, the Asian giant has gravely wounded the US. China knows it. U.S. voters of all political stripes know it. But too many American politicians are in denial.

Dems Could Win Tea Party Voters Over With America-First Trade Message

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Elk

A new poll contradicts the widely held belief that the the Tea Party movement is opposed to government action to help the economy.

China Cost Colorado 45,000 Jobs Since 2001: Economic Policy Institute

The Denver Post | Aldo Svaldi | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. trade deficit with China has cost Colorado more than 45,000 jobs since 2001, the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., estimates. ...

Obama's Asian Angst

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Paul

I like that President Obama accords his Asian peers with respect, bowing if tradition calls for it, even though it raises the hackles of some wingnuts. But bowing to the wishes of China is another matter altogether.

American Manufacturing Doesn't Need a Bailout, Just a Level Playing Field

Scott Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Paul

We need to make more things here. Developing new technology and consuming alone do not make for a stable economy, but that's been our economic strategy for the past decade.