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NAM to SEC: Filer Status Simplification a Win for Small Manufacturers
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recently proposed rule to lessen disclosure burdens for small and mid-cap companies would bring relief to many manufacturers and should be finalized, the NAM
NAM, Allies Nationwide: Reauthorize the EXIM Bank
The NAM and U.S. Chamber of Commerce co-led a Inside U.S. Trade (subscription) covered the effort, which featured more than 300 organizations from all 50 states. What’s going on: As America’s official credit agency, EXIM helps level the playing field for American exporters and manufacturers competing in markets where “foreign competitors are aggressively deploying state-backed …
Why Manufacturers in America Need Aluminum Hydroxide
Aluminum hydroxide—a chemical used in everything from defense industrial base manufacturing to oil and gas refining and the production of liquefied natural gas and petrochemicals—is one of the most important and least-known workhorses of the manufacturing industry. That’s why protecting America’s supply is so important—especially since it cannot be produced here in sufficient quantities. Many …
Tax Wins Across America Takes Capitol Hill at NAM-Hosted Event
Over the past year, the NAM and manufacturers across the country have hosted members of Congress, White House Cabinet officials, state and local officials and community leaders at their facilities to show how H.R. 1 has given them the confidence to invest in their people, purchase new equipment and plan confidently for the long term. …
Manufacturers Warn Food Labeling Bill Would Raise Costs, Cause Uncertainty
Washington, D.C. – Following the approval of S. 5026 by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, National Association of Manufacturers Executive Vice President Erin Streeter issued the following statement: “Manufacturers support efforts to protect public health and give consumers clearer information, but legislation linking specific ingredients and food-processing methods to health risks without …
Lockheed Martin to Develop Lower-Cost Interceptor
As stockpiles of high-end interceptors shrink worldwide, Lockheed Martin will test a new, more cost-effective model of its Patriot missile that could be ready sooner, it said this week (
President Trump Incentivizes Primary Aluminum Production
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Trump Imposes 50% Tariffs on Some Canadian Imports
President Trump issued three proclamations yesterday imposing 50% additional duties on certain Canadian products under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The tariffs will go into effect Aug. 19 absent any subsequent agreements. The rationale: The Section 338 statute requires a finding of discrimination. Each proclamation asserts that Canada’s measures unreasonably burden and …
New NAM Flipbook Spotlights 50 Manufacturing Tax Wins in 50 States
Marking the one-year anniversary of the 2025 tax law, the NAM today released “said Timmons. The White House amplified Timmons’ message in a post on press release highlighting the NAM tax flipbook and also promoted it via its here. Find our new tax flipbook
H.R. 1 at Work: 50 Manufacturing Tax Wins in 50 States
Washington, D.C. – Marking the one-year anniversary of the 2025 tax law, the National Association of Manufacturers today released “here. -NAM- The National Association of Manufacturers is the largest manufacturing association in the United States, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Manufacturing employs nearly 13 million men …
