Alliance for American Manufacturing

AAM argues that re-approving the legislation, which grants duty-free U.S. market access for hundreds of African products, should be paired with improved trade enforcement tools.
A big article this week in Sourcing Journal outlines apparel importers’ desires for a long-term reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), legislation first enacted in 2000 that provides eligible countries from sub-Saharan Africa...

Modern vehicles are essentially surveillance platforms, experts tell China Commission at a recent hearing.
A recent U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission hearing delved into the topic of Chinese data acquisition. Panelists discussed the ways in which the Chinese government is using cyber techniques to obtain data abroad – in areas such as biotechnology...

An American-made Naval vessel is commissioned for the first time in Ohio.
On Saturday, I had the honor and privilege of attending the commissioning of the USS Cleveland (LCS-31) in its namesake city. The day was incredibly meaningful for me as both an advocate for a strong defense industrial base and as someone who spent my...

Lawmakers remain adamant it shouldn’t be. Will there be another go-around if Xi Jinping visits Washington in September?
President Trump has returned from a state visit to China, and American auto market access was not traded away in a bilateral deal.
That’s a good thing for the millions of Americans who work for domestic automakers and along their supply chains, as well as the U.S. industrial base writ large, and credit where it’s due: Senior administration officials in the weeks leading up to the...