Trade with China

Jun 25 2014
Blog

Capitol Hill Shines Spotlight on #SOSJobs

Updated The fight to Save Our Steel Jobs came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, as the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing looking at how enforcing trade rules can level the playing field for...
Jun 04 2014
Blog

Walmart’s “Made in America” Pledge Running into Roadblocks — and Walmart is to Blame

It’s been 18 months since Walmart made its much-publicized pledge to source an additional $250 billion worth of American-made goods over the next decade. Is the retailer keeping its promise? Today,...
Jan 22 2014
Blog

State of the Union Translator

  President Obama's State of the Union address is expected to focus heavily on jobs and the economy this year. AAM's SOTU Translator can help sort through the buzzwords...
Jan 16 2014
Blog

The story of California Tool & Die: A manufacturing revival eludes mom-and-pop shops

By Lauren Donia Made in USA Christmas Party The Christmas party at California Tool & Die this year could have been a Fourth of July picnic. The cuisine? Hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries and...
Dec 09 2013
Blog

A swing and a miss for Biden in Asia

Last week Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Asia to tackle key security, trade, and economic issues. But China’s establishment of a new Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) ignited...
Aug 19 2013
Blog

Grown in America, Processed in China, Sold in America: A Case of Globetrotting Chickens

  According to a Consumer Reports poll, 92 percent of Americans want to know where their food comes from. At the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) we wonder how many of those people...
Nov 09 2012
Blog

Popular American-Made Tool Fights China-Made Knock-off, is Forced to Lay-Off Workers

When Dan Brown saw his son struggling to fix a lawnmower nearly a decade ago, he had an idea.  He would invent a tool that could make the repair easier. Brown's brainstorm was the Bionic...
Oct 17 2012
Blog

Decoding the Debate on Manufacturing and China

If you tuned into the presidential debate last night wondering why President Obama and Mitt Romney spent so much time hitting each other on manufacturing and China, then you don’t live in a...
Aug 23 2012

NEW REPORT: 2.7 Million U.S. Jobs Lost Over the Last Decade Due to Growing Trade Deficit with China

Nearly 77 Percent of Total Job Losses Are in U.S Manufacturing Sector High-Tech Manufacturing Hit Hardest; Every Congressional District Suffers Losses Washington, DC.  More than 2.7 million...
Mar 26 2011

More Counterfeit Products from China — Fake Zippo lighters

The iconic Zippo Lighter is proudly made in USA– in Bradford, Pennsylvania.  Since 1937, the company has been manufacturing top-of-the-line lighters backed with an all-purpose...