This Made in America Company is Turning Off the Tap of Plastic Pollution
The vast majority of the world’s single-use plastic is coming in from China and ending up as pollution in our local ecosystems. But this woman-, minority- and veteran-owned company is working to change that with its compostable, eco-friendly single-use cutlery, carryout containers, straws and so much more. Terravive Founder and CEO Julianna Keeling and Vice President and COO Joe Swider share how the company got its start when Keeling was still in college and how it has grown into a business that contracts with 16 factories with plans for its own manufacturing facility. Photo courtesy of Terravive
11 Apr 202326min
Two Key Strategies to China's Industrial Offensive You Probably Don't Know About
Emily de La Bruyère of the Force Distance Times returns to the podcast to outline Beijing's Little Giants and Single Champions programs and their implications for U.S. industrial policy. Getty Images
27 Mar 202322min
The House Select Committee on China Tackles Trade in Its First Hearing
The newly formed House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held its first hearing at the end of February, spotlighting the CCP's threat to America's economic and national security. Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul joined former national security advisers H.R. McMaster and Matthew Pottinger as well as human rights advocate Tong Yi in testifying before the committee. Listen in for Paul's take on the proceedings and highlights from the hearing.
13 Mar 202325min
Rep. Debbie Dingell On Why She Formed the Heartland Caucus and How the U.S. Needs to Navigate EVs
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) shares why she thinks Democrats need to prioritize the issues of America’s Heartland — part of the impetus behind her decision to form the Heartland Caucus — and what the government can do to ensure that the electric vehicles of today and tomorrow are Made in America. Photo courtesy of Rep. Debbie Dingell
27 Feb 202319min
Can America Make Its Own Medicine Again?
The United States depends on China and India for some of its most critical medicines, but one Central Virginia organization is working to change that. Infused with more than $100 million in public-private funding, including from the national Build Back Better Regional Challenge program, the Alliance for Building Better Medicine is cultivating a hub in the Richmond-Petersburgh region for the research and advanced manufacturing of critical medicines. The Alliance’s Executive Director Joy Polefrone shares how and why the coalition of public-private stakeholders is securing a domestic supply chain of quality affordable medicines. Photo courtesy of Joy Polefrone
13 Feb 202329min
Inventions Leaving the Country, a Transportation Boondoggle, and Made in America Fraud
We're covering the major manufacturing news you need to know as we close January out! Listen in to learn about a bill aiming to keep taxpayer-funded inventions Made in America, Boston's contract with a Chinese state-owned rail car company that's wreaked havoc since its start, and a major name brand that committed Made in America fraud. Join Alliance for American Manufacturing President Scott Paul and Senior Vice President for Communications Elizabeth Brotherton-Bunch for the latest. Photo by MBTA via Instagram
30 Jan 202331min
Bought a Car in the Last Five Years? Some of Its Parts Were Likely Made by Uyghur Forced Labor
A new report produced by Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice and the independent nonprofit research organization NomoGaia reveals that the world’s biggest car brands, including Volkswagen, BMW, Honda, Ford, GM, Stellantis, Tesla and more, are at high risk of sourcing from companies linked to forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The report’s lead author and human rights expert, Dr. Laura Murphy, outlines how the findings document the pervasiveness of forced labor not only in the world’s auto supply chain but also implicate huge swaths of other global industries — and what the U.S. can do to push back against these human rights abuses. Image courtesy of the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University
17 Jan 202338min
The Inflation Reduction Act Created a Gold Rush for Battery Mining. But Is It Enough?
When the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) was signed into law, it made big waves in the United States electric vehicle (EV) industry. While the consumer tax credits for EVs are an obvious boon to domestic manufacturing, the IRA’s incentives for U.S. battery production are equally significant. But can the U.S. leverage the opportunity quickly enough? Zachary Shahan, the CEO and chief editor of the online clean technology news and analysis site CleanTechnica, shares what America’s battery mineral mining industry stands to gain and its impact on the U.S. EV industry. Getty Images
3 Jan 202330min
