The Trade Deficit Isn't Just a Wonky Statistic. Here's Why.
As the Commerce Department examines ways to reduce the trade deficit, host Scott Paul explains why it matters — not only to our overall economy, but to small business owners and Americans in industria...
22 Touko 201713min
Apple Just Pledged to Invest $1 Billion in U.S. Manufacturing. Will It Work — Or Is It Just P.R.?
Apple plans to invest $1 billion in advanced manufacturing in the United States. That's nothing to sneeze at, sure, but the company could be doing so much more. Matt McMullan, communications manager f...
15 Touko 201714min
Reshoring Initiative's Harry Moser on Bringing Jobs Back to America
Harry Moser has been working to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States before it was cool. Now that reshoring jobs is a top issue, Moser discusses what is going right, what's going wrong —...
8 Touko 201711min
Chuck Jones on Donald Trump's Jobs Record, 102 Days In
United Steelworkers Local 1999 President Chuck Jones famously called out President-elect Donald Trump for exaggerating the number of jobs saved by a deal at the Carrier facility in Indianapolis. Now f...
1 Touko 201716min
A Big Week on Trade: What Do Trump's Actions on Buy America and Steel Imports Mean?
Pennsylvania steelworkers headed to Washington on Thursday for a big hearing on an important trade case. Several took time to chat with The Manufacturing Report about why they made the trip. PLUS: Pre...
24 Huhti 201710min
A Trip to Lone Star, a Small Texas Town Hurt by Unfair Global Trade
Durwin "Oodie" Royal is the president of the United Steelworkers Local 4134 in Lone Star, Texas. He talks to host Scott Paul about how dumped steel imports have devastated the community — and shares w...
17 Huhti 20177min
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Buy America, NAFTA, and President Trump
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) talks about the fight to strengthen Buy America preferences — including against Russian steel importers — and how she plans to hold President Trump accountable on his Buy A...
10 Huhti 201714min
Rep. Pete Visclosky on What's Needed to Create Good-Paying Jobs
Indiana Rep. Pete Visclosky, the vice chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus and a champion for the working class, talks to Scott Paul about how vital manufacturing jobs are to the middle class an...
3 Huhti 20177min
