Among the flurry of executive orders President Biden signed in his first few weeks in office, it is easy to overlook his Jan. 25 “Buy American” order, an executive action the president says will help “rebuild the backbone of America: manufacturing, unions, and the middle class.”
While most of Biden’s executive orders have sought to reverse policies of the past four years, this “Buy American” order sounds eerily Trumpian. Indeed, if you’ve followed this issue at all, you know that President Trump had his own Buy American Executive Order – in fact, Trump made at least three such orders in four years — with little or no effect.
Article by LMU Loyola Law School professor Justin Hughes.
Source: The Hill
How Biden’s ‘Buy American’ Plan Is Different from Trump’s