Buy American

Hell No! We Won't Send Our Tax Dollars to China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


Leo W. Gerard

China doesn't consider America first or the remainder of the world first. And that's what the USA must do. We need an industrial policy that makes no apologies for putting America and American workers first.

US Chamber of Commerce Hates "Buy America" Slogan

Mike Papantonio | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


Mike Papantonio

The organization that use to represent small business interests has morphed into a lapdog that serves a new master. That master is international mega-corporations.

An Idiot's Guide to Tom Friedman's Idiocy

David Sirota | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media


David Sirota

I don't mean that Friedman is wrong on everything. I mean that he's actually an extremely dim bulb in that he displays a stunning lack of basic cognitive function.

"Buy American": U.S. And Canadian Companies Fight Over New Law

wsj.com | PETER FRITSCH and COREY BOLES | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON -- On paper, Tom Pokorsky would seem to be a clear beneficiary of the government's $787 billion economic-stimulus package. Mr. Pokorsky ...

Buy Local, Buy American

Maria Rodale | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

I'm not against China, or globalism. But right now, America needs all the money we can give it. And we need to reward the very few Americans who are still making things here.

We Are in Real Trouble

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

President Obama and the Congress must enforce "Buy American" and our other trade laws if we are to save the economy. We are in a desperate circumstance.

I Pledge to Buy a Made-in-US Car. If We All Buy American - and Obama and Congress Act - We Can Revive US Manufacturing

Roger Hickey | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business


Roger Hickey

I want Barack Obama's plan to save the industry and revive manufacturing to succeed -- so I'm stepping up to do a small thing: I pledge that my next car will be made in the good old USA.

Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business


Bret Caldwell

Obama's Panama Opportunity

Gary Shapiro | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

President Barack Obama will soon be making his first trip to Latin America to attend the Summit of the Americas. This visit is an important opportunit...

Isolationist Policies On The Rise Threatening A Global Trade War: World Bank

Washington Post | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

President Obama Sounds Like a Free Trader, So Why Are His Actions Contradicting His Words?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


Gary Shapiro

Listening to President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, I did a double take. "The only way to fully restore Amer...

"Buy American" Sounds Patriotic, But The Protectionist Policy Could Start A Trade War

Gary Shapiro | Posted 03.19.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Perhaps too much time has passed since the fthe 1930s. The "Buy American" provisions are dangerous protectionist policies thinly guised as feel-good patriotism.

Time to End the Inquisition against Buy America Advocates

Scott Paul | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business


Scott Paul

It's time to end the intolerant theocracy of free trade and usher in a responsible dialogue about what works and what doesn't work. Get out of the gutter and into the debate.

"Buy American" Makes LIttle Sense When It Comes To Cars

Carpe Diem | Mark J. Perry | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business


1. Here's a list of 8 "American-made" vehicles produced by American UAW workers, in American factories, but for foreign-based car companies. If you pu...

Globalization Is In Retreat: Adrian Hamilton

The Independent | Adrian Hamilton | Posted 03.08.2009 | World


One by one the great and good of the land have stepped forward to pronounce on the wave of strikes over foreign workers and to condemn them. "Xenophob...

Senate Agrees To Water Down 'Buy American' Provisions

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business


The Senate, at the urging of White House officials, agreed Wednesday night to water down some of the "Buy America" provisions in its version of the $...

January Car Sales -- a Final Reckoning Begins in Earnest ?

Steve Parker | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Until the travel business picks up and businesses in general start replacing their vehicle fleets, Detroit will be outside looking in.

EU Warns Obama Over Stimulus

Times Online | Rory Watson, Brussels | Posted 03.06.2009 | World


The European Union warned the United States today that attempts to enshrine "Buy America" conditions in the country's economic rescue package could fu...

Ryan Grim

Dem Senator Blasts Post: 'Absolutely Absurd'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Byron Dorgan, a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, blasted the Washington Post editorial board as "absolutely absurd" Thursday for its object...

Simple Solutions for 2009

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 01.31.2009 | Politics


Patrick Takahashi

By now you have no doubt read a dozen reviews of 2008 and projections for 2009, all pure guesses for the latter, unless someone was carefully predicti...

Wall-E, Eve and Barack

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Patrick Takahashi

So what's the simple solution? Certain magnificent obsessions can best become reality if the U.S. Senate convenes in 2009 with 60 senators, meaning no filibuster.

Buy American, Again

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics


Patrick Takahashi

When the second economic stimulus package is passed, the President should suggest that, as an act of loyalty to country, those planning to use this gift as down payment for a car, Buy American.