A guest post by AAM intern Whitney Stack:

White collar Chinese executives negotiated with blue collar American workers to create green jobs in America. White collar Chinese executives negotiated with blue collar American workers to create green jobs in America. In a deal with the United Steelworkers (USW) union, two Chinese companies have pledged to use American steel to build wind turbines in Texas. The turbines will be constructed at an assembly plant in Nevada and will use American manufacturers to construct as many parts for the turbines as possible, with the help of the USW's knowledge of suppliers. Both sides described the deal as a win-win. The agreement came after AAM, the USW, and lawmakers like Sen. Sherrod Brown, protested the original plan to build much of the turbines in China using U.S. Recovery Act funds that would employ some 2,000 Chinese workers. Brown and others pointed out that the point of the Recovery Act is to create jobs in America, not in China.