More than a dozen U.S. business groups are banding together to resolve what they argue is a sharp rise in discriminatory trade practices by India. The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) on Tuesday helped launch a new alliance that is urging the Obama administration to work toward … Continue reading
The report, by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), is the latest in a growing heap of studies warning of dire economic consequences if policymakers fail to avert about $100 billion in cuts to the Pentagon and nondefense programs next year. Across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to hit the Pentagon in January would eliminate nearly 1 … Continue reading
The U.S. economy is gathering momentum and the key driver is manufacturing. Not only is our industrial sector growing, but after more than a decade of losses in manufacturing jobs, we are actually going in the other direction. We added 50,000 manufacturing jobs in January on top of 32,000 the month before. This is a … Continue reading