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							<title><![CDATA[What Kind of China Trade Deal Will Trump Negotiate?]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After eight months in office, almost all of the Trump administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s aggressive trade agenda has come into focus.
Sectoral tariffs have been applied to industries deemed important to national security. A fresh review of the USMCA, negotiated and signed during President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Campaign Faces a Manufacturing Disconnect]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/02/03/bidens_campaign_faces_a_manufacturing_disconnect_150433.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite months of falling inflation, wage gains, and a strong labor market, polls consistently show Americans still aren'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t confident about the economy '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' an indicator that many times has forecast the outcome of a presidential election.
That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s obviously tough news for Joe...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s Time To End Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/06/05/its_time_to_end_permanent_normal_trade_relations_with_china_149314.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Decoupling. Derisking. Strategic competition. Call it what you will, but politics, public policy, and many private sector actors have shifted decisively away from deepening economic engagement with China.
We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve seen some significant executive actions from the White House, a new...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Make Review of the U.S.-China Economic Relationship Meaningful]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/01/12/make_review_of_the_us-china_economic_relationship_meaningful_148712.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States government'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s economic policy towards China made a long overdue and dramatic shift six years ago. This change was largely, but not exclusively, driven by presidential action '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' first Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s and now Bidens'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';', with Congress playing a secondary role. That...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaign Against Trade Investigation Is a Bad Look for the Solar Industry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/05/25/campaign_against_trade_investigation_is_a_bad_look_for_the_solar_industry_147649.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Commerce is undertaking a routine investigation to determine if solar panel imports from Southeast Asian countries are being rerouted from China to avoid longstanding anti-dumping tariffs. And according to a well-funded solar industry trade group, the sun will set...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[American Business Dealings in China Show Stakeholder Capitalist Commitments Are Hollow]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/15/american_business_dealings_in_china_show_stakeholder_capitalist_commitments_are_hollow_147190.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is a bad year to have paid the International Olympic Committee $100 million for the right to put its iconic rings on your soda cans or shampoo bottles. But this is what the rarefied air of being a top Olympic sponsor buys you in 2022: The Winter Games are being played in an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Administration Got Its EU Steel Tariff Deal Right]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/11/04/biden_administration_got_its_eu_steel_tariff_deal_right_146682.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The United States and the European Union reached a d'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';'tente last weekend regarding the American steel and aluminum tariffs that so angered our European trading partners that they raised duties in 2018 on American whiskey, orange juice and motorboats.
The new arrangement will exempt a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The EV Race Has Started. We Need a Policy to Win It.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/21/the_ev_race_has_started_we_need_a_policy_to_win_it_146113.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In January, General Motors announced it will produce only electric vehicles by 2035. In May, Ford said that EVs will account for 40% of its sales by 2030. The two automakers will be pouring in $27 billion and $22 billion, respectively, to make this happen, and they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re not the only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Build Back Better Can Be Biden's American-Made Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/16/build_back_better_can_be_bidens_american-made_legacy_145053.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The New Deal. The Interstate Highway System. The Great Society. When our nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leaders aim high the names of their accomplishments are enduring, etched in our history books. We continue to enjoy the astounding benefits of many of these federal programs, from Social Security to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Can We Learn From Trump&rsquo;s Half-Baked China Trade Deal?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/10/what_can_we_learn_from_trumps_half-baked_china_trade_deal_144164.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Four years ago, Donald Trump won the White House in part by promising to rebalance our massive trade deficit with China and reshore lost manufacturing jobs. We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re now less than two months out from the presidential election. While President Trump has imposed tariffs on billions of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rebuild the Stalled Economy With Infrastructure Investment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/07/rebuild_the_stalled_economy_with_infrastructure_investment.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are two discussion topics that federal policymakers should be having right now: relief and recovery. Relief, for the estimated 40 million people this pandemic has put out of work as well as the millions of others impacted by the steps taken to slow its spread. Recovery, for the day...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Trump Flub the China Trade Talks?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/31/will_trump_flub_the_china_trade_talks_139325.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve heard a lot of hype about a looming trade war for the past two years, but the evidence is scant that President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s aggressive trade policy shift has devastated the American economy. It'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s certainly been no Smoot-Hawley. We are in fact now better positioned to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Trade Reset With China Is Necessary and Overdue]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-reality-and-the-mandate-underpinning-trumps-overheated-trade-rhetoric</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No one would mistake President Trump for a details guy. And his constant obfuscations make it easy to dismiss the sentiment that underpins his rhetoric, particularly when he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s live-tweeting commentary on his growing trade dispute with China.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Tariffs on Chinese Goods Make Sense]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/18/why_tariffs_on_chinese_goods_make_sense_137298.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has released a list of tariffs on Chinese goods that have benefited from intellectual property theft, totaling $50 billion. The products range from flat-screen TVs to aircraft parts.
This has elicited condemnations from well-heeled editorial boards in New York...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Should Applaud Trump for Ending Our Surrender on Trade]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/07/americans-should-applaud-trump-for-starting-to-end-our-nations-wholesale-surrender-on-trade.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump is right to call for tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Enforcement: The Forgotten Piece of U.S. Trade Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/07/enforcement_the_forgotten_piece_of_us_trade_policy_136451.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Through tariffs on imported steel and aluminum announced last week, President Trump may inadvertently begin to restore the balance we last saw in U.S. trade policy five decades ago.
When John F. Kennedy signed the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, he heaped praise upon AFL-CIO President...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remember Those Carrier Jobs Trump Saved? Neither Does He.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/17/remember_those_carrier_jobs_trump_saved_neither_does_he__135809.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If you take the time to dig through President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Twitter profile, you'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll discover a person who puts a lot of stock in television ratings.
That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s no surprise. Donald Trump has lived a very public life; his fame driven upward over the decades by a cultivated image of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Trump Manufacture New Jobs -- or Only Nostalgia?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/24/can_trump_manufacture_new_jobs_or_only_nostalgia_133170.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are very few issues that can bring together President Trump and the clamorous opposition at this point. If recent polling is an indicator, a resurgent manufacturing sector is one of them, which has the added benefit of boosting jobs in blue and red states.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
But some economists,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trade Is What Makes Trump's Campaign Tick]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/02/12/trade_is_what_makes_trumps_campaign_tick_129638.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How to explain the rise of Donald Trump?
A nativist? A blower of racist dog whistles? A hypocritical champion of American manufacturing?
All of the above?
The GOP front-runner has plenty of critics, and I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'m among them. A lot of Trump-branded clothing has been made overseas for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Are We Buying What China Is Selling?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/09/23/why_are_we_buying_what_china_is_selling_128143.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s huge. Its history is remarkable. And its recent economic growth has been breathtaking. But China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s government is autocratic and brutal, its internal policies are oppressive, and its external policies do damage to the rest of the world.
So is China a friend, an enemy,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Stance on Currency Manipulation -- in His Own Words]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/02/04/obamas_stance_on_currency_manipulation_--_in_his_own_words_125489.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Seven years ago, a rising political star and U.S. senator from Illinois wrote the following to Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The subject was currency manipulation:
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Your department'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s refusal to take action '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' raises serious questions about the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lots of Economic Dialogue With China, Little Strategy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/07/06/lots_of_economic_dialogue_with_china_little_strategy_123203.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew are leading a high-level delegation to Beijing this week for the sixth Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&amp;ED) with China. No doubt there will be a lot of discussion with Chinese officials over cyber-hacking,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wanted: A Job-Creating Manufacturing Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/26/wanted_a_job-creating_manufacturing_policy_121350.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Faced with a sluggish economy and a Congress expected to be notably unproductive, President Obama is calling for "a year of action." Where he can, he says, he'll go it alone. And thus we have the manufacturing institute that his administration awarded earlier this month to a consortium...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sandy's Lesson: U.S. Needs American-Made Response]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/10/30/sandys_lesson_us_needs_american-made_response_120500.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A year out from Hurricane Sandy, the storm'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s damage remains visible along the shorelines of New York and New Jersey.
I suppose there'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nothing like a catastrophe courtesy of Mother Nature to remind us of who'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the boss. But few would argue that those who were affected by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Made in America&quot;: The Competitiveness Imperative]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/01/made_in_america_the_competitiveness_imperative_119449.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Scott Paul</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Politicians love promoting "made in America" during an election season but tend to forget about it once the dust settles. And so, for all the praise of American manufacturing in the last campaign -- by Democrats and Republicans alike -- very little has actually been done. So what...]]></description>
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