Daniel Marans covers national campaigns and elections.
President Joe Biden has made appealing to manufacturing-heavy states like Pennsylvania a core part of his pitch for a second term.Ahead of President Joe Biden ’s visit to the United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the White House announced a series of measures designed to shield the domestic steel, aluminum and shipbuilding industries from alleged trade abuses by China.
“The president understands we must invest in American manufacturing, but we also have to protect those investments and those workers from unfair exports associated with China’s industrial overcapacity,” Lael Brainerd, director of the White House’s National Economic Council, said on a call with reporters on Tuesday night.
Pennsylvania is the most significant battleground state where the steel and aluminum industries remain economically significant. But memories of a more robust U.S. manufacturing sector resonate deeply across the Great Lakes region, including Michigan and Wisconsin, two other swing states.
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