Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal recently made a statement on the U.S. International Trade Commission's report 'Renewable Electricity: Potential Economic Effects of Increased Commitments in Massachusetts.'
The Reality of American Manufacturing and Pandemic Resilience
Contrary to conventional wisdom, there is little evidence of systemic weaknesses in the United States’ “industrial capabilities” (i.e., the ability to produce the goods that the country needs in times of war or other national emergency) the metric that, along with access to similar capabilities abroad, the Department of Defense considers critical for national security.
In fact, the U.S. manufacturing sector remains among the most productive in the world and is a global leader (see Table 1).
The sector’s health is perhaps most evident in its relative ability to attract investment. In 2018, for example, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the U.S. manufacturing sector alone (almost $167 billion) were larger than
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The internet broke barriers. Some countries are fighting to reverse this trend and erect digital barriers on the internet. Most of those countries are authoritarian regimes who insist on controlling information flows to their people. Some are governments trying to protect their people from the dangerous world outside their borders. In all cases, these barriers hurt U.S. businesses.
Erecting barriers on the internet is called data localization. The movement to localize some or all of internet data has grown over the past five years as countries introduce new laws restricting data flows, and others try to boost local businesses by placing burdens on international competition.
Industry Lobby The US Government to Make Africa Backslide on Plastics
Hellen Dena
Press Release
Nairobi, 30 August 2020 – The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry’s footprint across Africa. Documents obtained by Unearthed Greenpeace’s investigative journalism platform through the Freedom of Information Act separately show that the same lobby group, which counts Shell, Exxon, and Total among its members, also lobbied against changes to the international Basel Convention, which put new limits on plastic waste entering low and middle income countries.
“Africa is at the forefront of the war on plastics, with 34 out of 54 countries having adopted some regulation to phase out single-use plastic,” said Fredrick Njehu, Greenpeace Africa Senior Political Advisor. “The Kenyan government should not backslide on the progress made in its plastic-free ambitions by f