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: President Trump just signed two executive orders on trade: One to boost Buy America preferences and another to open a "Section 232" case into steel imports. Host Scott Paul breaks it all down.
24 Apr 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 what folks in Lone Star think about the job President Trump has done to help manufacturing workers so far.
17 Apr 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 America promises.
10 Apr 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 and our overall economy — and what policies are needed to create more of them.
3 Apr 20177min
A Conversation with Edward Alden
In his book "Failure to Adjust," Edward Alden looks at what's been going right — and wrong — for American workers in the global economy. Alden, the Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, talks with host Scott Paul about how America's trade policies have both helped and hurt Americans, and what we might expect from the Trump administration.
27 Mar 201713min
How President Trump's Pick for U.S. Trade Representative Could Change the Trade Game
President Trump won the presidency, at least in part, because of his messaging on trade. Robert Lighthizer, Trump's pick for U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), is likely to be among the officials charged with helping Trump implement his trade agenda. On this episode of The Manufacturing Report, host Scott Paul and Scott Boos, senior VP of Government Affairs and Policy at the Alliance for American Manufacturing, discuss what we can expect from Lighthizer and the Trump trade team.
20 Mar 201712min
Citizen Activists on Trump, Manufacturing and Made in America
Host Scott Paul chats with AAM's field coordinators, most of whom are former factory workers themselves, about how people are reacting to Donald Trump's election in their home states.
13 Mar 201711min
How Do Manufacturing Workers Grade President Trump's Performance So Far?
President Trump talks a big game when it comes to creating manufacturing jobs. But what do factory workers in industrial states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Alabama, West Virginia and Texas actually think of the job he's done so far — and what would they like to see from Trump moving forward? AAM's Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch joins host Scott Paul to discuss.
6 Mar 201711min
