One of President Trump's top economic priorities has long been to have more stuff made in America.

Our colleague Gavin Bade has been following that effort.

And you're usually reporting from here in Washington, D.C.

What brought you to Ohio?

You know, one of the things that we do as reporters is you meet with businesses and you see

about what is the manufacturing economy like? I started talking to a company that was saying

we may have to close down some auto glass plants in Ohio. The company Gavin talked to is called

vitro. Vitro.

Vitro is a multinational glass company with plants all over the U.S., including a crucial

auto glass factory outside Columbus, Ohio.

And Gavin says that recently, that factory has been facing a crisis.

They were really concerned about Chinese competition, not coming from overseas, but actually

one that it's set up here in the U.S.

That rival is called Fou Yao.

It's a huge player in the global glassmaking industry.

And when Fuyahu set up shop in Ohio, it quickly started to out-compete Vitro.

What you're describing sounds like, Chinese company moves into an American manufacturing town, starts its own factory, and out-does the factory that's been there for much longer.

It's not great for Vitro in this case, but isn't that just how competition works? In a big way, that's been there for much longer. It's not great for vitro in this case, but isn't that just how

competition works? In a big way, that is part of this story, right? And that's certainly what the

Fuyahu people would say and also kind of some of their allies. But this story is about the risks

to U.S. industry when Chinese investment comes to town, when you allow a Chinese company that comes

from a non-market economy to get a toehold in the U.S. and what happens when they are more

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