Policy and Legal
Manufacturers need smart laws and effective policies. That’s why the NAM is standing up for manufacturers everywhere – from the halls of power where we advance important legislation, to the courts where we fight to defend our rights.
Manufacturers: Let’s Tackle Healthcare Costs Without Sacrificing Innovation or Competitiveness
May 12, 2025Fix the Real Problem: Unregulated PBMs
Washington, D.C. – National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s executive order instituting a “Most Favored Nation” policy for prescription drug pricing: “Biopharmaceutical manufacturers are investing in America. They are innovating cures and treatments for devastating diseases, and they are committed to ensuring…
Send Your In-House Counsel to the Manufacturing Legal Summit!
May 9, 2025opened registration this week. The only conference crafted exclusively for manufacturing lawyers, the Summit attracts legal talent from companies of all sizes and sectors. Attendees learn about hot-button legal issues facing the industry, discuss best practices and make fruitful professional connections. If you have in-house counsel who would benefit from this must-attend event, here’s what…
Manufacturers: U.S.–U.K. Deal Good First Step; Push for a Final Zero-for-Zero Tariff Deal
May 8, 2025Washington, D.C. – On the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s newly announced trade agreement with the United Kingdom—the first deal since the administration’s recent shift in global tariff policy last month: “This is a…
NAM: Comprehensive Manufacturing Strategy Will “Ignite” Renaissance
April 29, 2025comprehensive manufacturing strategy will be fundamental in “igniting the Industrial Renaissance of the United States,” the NAM told a House committee today ahead of a hearing of the same name. What’s going on: “Manufacturers call on President Trump and Congress to implement a comprehensive manufacturing strategy that would create predictability and certainty to invest, plan…
Manufacturers Share Immediate Impacts Under Latest Tariffs
April 23, 2025NHK News recently that his small business and others like it are the ones “writing the checks for” the new tariffs—and it’s not something they can keep up. “To absorb 25% or 50% in tariffs, it’s a task that we cannot in the long term endure,” Dardas said. “It’ll cause our company and many other…
Manufacturers to Federal Agencies: Rebalance Regulations to Strengthen Manufacturing in the U.S.
April 17, 2025The NAM Backs President Trump’s Executive Order 14219 with Policy Proposals to Reconsider Dozens of Costly Regulations Stifling Growth and Jobs
Washington, D.C. – In response to the President’s call for industry input on a new era of balanced, sensible and pro-growth regulation, the National Association of Manufacturers submitted
Trump Doubles Down on Tariff Posture
April 8, 2025CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro dismissed Vietnam’s proposed zero-tariff deal as “meaningless” without changes to what he called “non-tariff cheating”—ranging from value-added tax systems to intellectual property theft and product dumping. Later in the interview, he amended this statement somewhat, saying zero tariffs would be “a small first start.” “The goal…
