Alliance for American Manufacturing

The threat to domestic manufacturers and workers is immense, AAM argues in a new video.
President Donald Trump is scheduled next week to visit China – the first trip there by an American president since the last time he went in 2017 – for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Before he leaves, the Alliance for American Manufacturing...

It’s May the Fourth, and we’re thinking about the workers – not the robots – who built the Death Star.
Monday is May 4 – or May the Fourth, an unofficial holiday observed by fans of the Star Wars media franchise on this date because “May the Fourth” sounds like “May the force (be with you).”...

This small shop turns out thousands of entirely American-made tools a year. But you’ll rarely hear of one breaking.
Seth Pauley knew he loved working with his hands, but he never expected to make a career out of manual labor.
He took his graduate degree from Temple University in Philadelphia and worked at creative writing, teaching and eventually online marketing and sales, all while dabbling in hands-on woodworking, ceramics and just plain making things....

The industry behind the Kentucky Derby’s Signature Drink.
Every year on the first Saturday in May, the hats get bigger, the crowd gets louder, the silks get more colorful and one drink quietly steals the show at the Kentucky Derby: The Mint Julep.
It’s a simple recipe: Bourbon, mint, sugar and crushed ice. But like a lot of great American traditions, what looks simple is backed by something much bigger....