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2020 US Trade Deficit Soared to $679 billion, the worst since 2008
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 75732196" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p>You must be delighted then, that Biden has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-buy-american-executive-order-monday-n1255487" target="_blank">made good on his campaign promise</a> to increase the proportion of American goods paid for with the public purse, and has created an office of enforcement for the rule.</p><p></p><p>While Trump only toothlessly '<a href="https://prospect.org/power/surprise-trump-s-buy-american-policy-sham/" target="_blank">encouraged</a>' it:</p><p></p><p><em>The operative words in these [Trump] orders are weasel words: “maximize,” “encourage,” and “to the greatest extent practicable.” “In terms of legislative policy and regulatory impact, there was none whatsoever,” says Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. “The practical effect of what the administration has done is virtually nothing.” Moreover, certain major <a href="https://www.constructiondive.com/news/trump-executive-order-extends-buy-american-policy/547507/" target="_blank">projects</a> have secured waivers from these orders—among them, the Keystone XL pipeline and the Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 75732196, member: 294566"] You must be delighted then, that Biden has [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-sign-buy-american-executive-order-monday-n1255487']made good on his campaign promise[/URL] to increase the proportion of American goods paid for with the public purse, and has created an office of enforcement for the rule. While Trump only toothlessly '[URL='https://prospect.org/power/surprise-trump-s-buy-american-policy-sham/']encouraged[/URL]' it: [I]The operative words in these [Trump] orders are weasel words: “maximize,” “encourage,” and “to the greatest extent practicable.” “In terms of legislative policy and regulatory impact, there was none whatsoever,” says Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. “The practical effect of what the administration has done is virtually nothing.” Moreover, certain major [URL='https://www.constructiondive.com/news/trump-executive-order-extends-buy-american-policy/547507/']projects[/URL] have secured waivers from these orders—among them, the Keystone XL pipeline and the Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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