President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Monday to promote the “Buy American” agenda, which he campaigned for last year, aimed at boosting US manufacturing through the federal purchasing process.
The executive order directs agencies to strengthen requirements on purchasing products and services from US workers and companies, reduces bureaucracy and creates a position in the Office of Management and Budget responsible for enforcing the directive, a government official said. reporters on a conference call on Sunday. .
The order will also reiterate the Biden administration’s support for the Jones Act, which limits foreign maritime transport between U.S. ports to U.S.-made or owned ships.
During the campaign, Biden proposed a Buy American plan foreseeing a $ 400 billion increase in four years in government purchases of products and services made in the United States. Former President Donald Trump made a similar effort, but government official Biden said the new effort is a “clear directive” with a “clear direction”.
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“It is based on his view that we are doing things in America and across America is central to our economic strategy,” said the official, adding that the order is part of a broader effort to “strengthen supply chains” and “modernize international trade rules.”
Biden has already signed a series of executive actions in his early days as president, including measures to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, re-adhere to the Paris climate agreement and remove Trump’s travel restrictions targeting mainly a handful of countries in the East Medium.
