U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., have introduced legislation requiring the development of such a strategy.
“If we’re going to out-compete and out-innovate other countries, it will require a national manufacturing strategy,” said Brown. “The United States has been without one, and our economy has paid the price.”
Scott Paul, executive director for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said the United States is the only industrial nation in the world without a cohesive manufacturing strategy.
“To rebuild our manufacturing base and create good middle-class jobs, our federal government needs to deploy a coordinated set of trade, tax, training, procurement, and investment policies,” he noted.
The bill—the National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011—would require the secretary of commerce to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s manufacturing sector and submit to Congress a National Manufacturing Strategy to increase manufacturing jobs, identify emerging technologies to strengthen U.S. competitiveness, and strengthen the manufacturing sectors in which the United States is most competitive.
Kirks said manufacturing is the backbone of the nation’s economy, but “today, American manufacturing has fallen behind China as the world’s leading producer. This bill will establish a national roadmap to spur economic growth, create new jobs and keep us competitive in the global economy.”
In the House, Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., has introduced similar legislation (H.R. 1366), which is the same bill that passed last year with strong bipartisan support.
Mike Hall writes for the national AFL-CIO news blog, where this article originally appeared.
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U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., have introduced legislation requiring the development of such a strategy.
“If we’re going to out-compete and out-innovate other countries, it will require a national manufacturing strategy,” said Brown. “The United States has been without one, and our economy has paid the price.”
Scott Paul, executive director for the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said the United States is the only industrial nation in the world without a cohesive manufacturing strategy.
“To rebuild our manufacturing base and create good middle-class jobs, our federal government needs to deploy a coordinated set of trade, tax, training, procurement, and investment policies,” he noted.
The bill—the National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011—would require the secretary of commerce to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s manufacturing sector and submit to Congress a National Manufacturing Strategy to increase manufacturing jobs, identify emerging technologies to strengthen U.S. competitiveness, and strengthen the manufacturing sectors in which the United States is most competitive.
Kirks said manufacturing is the backbone of the nation’s economy, but “today, American manufacturing has fallen behind China as the world’s leading producer. This bill will establish a national roadmap to spur economic growth, create new jobs and keep us competitive in the global economy.”
In the House, Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., has introduced similar legislation (H.R. 1366), which is the same bill that passed last year with strong bipartisan support.
Mike Hall writes for the national AFL-CIO news blog, where this article originally appeared.