At an Aug. 6 visit to a Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio, President Donald Trump spoke of the importance of manufacturing, pointed to success in setting import duties to defend American manufacture, and brought up the fact that in his first week in office, he canceled the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After recounting what he considered to be his successes, Trump laid out six new promises for American workers:
(1) Defeat the “China virus,” the “invisible enemy,” through rapid development of treatments and vaccines, and the domestic production of PPE. America must come together to “unite against the plague inflicted upon us by China.”
(2) Rebuild and retool manufacturing. Through the Defense Production Act, the United States is now making thousands of ventilators and has increased production of PPE.
(3) Upgrade domestic drug production and lowering drug prices through renegotiated pricing arrangements.
