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Moving the Chains
9 Strategies for Retaking Global Leadership in Industry and Innovation
Executive Summary
Nine strategies for retaking global leadership in industry and innovation
On Domestic Sourcing
Local content requirements offer a simple intervention with benefits that its prohibitionist detractors ignore.
On Workforce Investment
Reshoring strategies can only go so far without investment in America’s skilled workforce.
On Terms of Trade
The international trading system must recover the core principles of reciprocity, security, and democracy.
Conversations
Trade After Trump: A Post-Mortem with Former U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer
Former U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer joins American Compass executive director Oren Cass for a conversation about trade policy, in his first interview since leaving the administration.
News & Commentary
The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE—Noam Scheiber cites American Compass’s Oren Cass in a feature on industrial policy and the Biden administration’s attempts to revive U.S. manufacturing.
Left, Right, and Center Discuss Federal Industrial Policies
EVENT—American Compass’s research director Wells King shares key insights from the “Moving the Chains” policy symposium on the inaugural panel for the Industry Studies Association’s new webinar series.
To Counter China, Some Republicans are Abandoning Free-Market Orthodoxy
THE WASHINGTON POST—Jeanne Whalen reports on Republican enthusiasm for industrial policy, citing American Compass’s Moving the Chains report.
Rebuilding American Industry: Devil is in the Details
ASIA TIMES—David Goldman features his Moving the Chains symposium essay, “The Reshoring Imperative,” with new commentary directed at Joe Biden’s “Buy American” campaign.
America Must Fight For Global Industry Leadership Again
DAILY CALLER—American Compass’s Wells King outlines the proposals from the “Moving the Chains” reshoring policy symposium.
Don’t Give Up on Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S.
BLOOMBERG—Columnist Noah Smith appraises American Compass’s reshoring policy symposium: “Moving the Chains.”