18 July, 2017
"The president's agenda - regulatory relief and tax relief - are focused on trying to make sure that all companies can hire here, can expand here, can manufacture here", Spicer said.
President Trump declared it "Made in America" week - but White House spokesperson Sean Spicer struggled on Monday to answer whether Donald and Ivanka Trump brands will stop making many of their products outside the United States.
Mr. Spicer said it would be "inappropriate" for him to discuss Trump companies, but he said in some cases, "there are certain supply chains or scalability that may not be available in this country".
The president is also expected to issue a proclamation July 19 on the importance of making goods in America. "Their interests were pushed aside for global projects and their wealth was taken from the communities and shipped overseas", said Ferre.
The White House is kicking-off "Made in America Week", re-focusing on President Trump's "America first" campaign promise from the 2016 election.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, the US has lost five million manufacturing jobs since 2000.
There's just one glaringly obvious problem with that - it's a quality the Trumps themselves have struggled to uphold, relying heavily on foreign manufacturing to make their products. That includes merchandise sold under his own name and his eldest daughter's, including clothing items and shoes. As the theme implies, the White House will now celebrate American products and domestic manufacturing.
"We're going to get that done and I think we're going to surprise a lot of people, but (the Republican leglislators are) pushing very hard", Trump said. These factories employ low-wage workers in countries such as Indonesia, China, and Bangladesh.
