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The NPR Politics Podcast

President Biden's Push to Make Things In America Again

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A core tenet of President Biden's economic agenda has been protecting American industry. He argues a strong manufacturing sector is good for the economy and U.S. national security. And he's not the only one: it's a rare issue where Biden and former President Trump align.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis and White House correspondent Asma Khalid.

This episode of the podcast was produced by Elena Moore. It was edited by executive producer Muthoni Muturi.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast, I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.

0:07.7

And I must m'challet, I cover the way.

0:09.8

And today on the show, we're going to do something a little different.

0:12.4

We're going to take a deep dive into a key part of President Biden's economic agenda,

0:16.9

especially now that he's running for reelection.

0:19.8

And that's his push to invest in America, make things in America, and buy things made

0:25.1

in America.

0:26.1

It's something he talks about a lot.

0:27.7

And we rebuild America, and I mean literally rebuild America.

0:31.7

We're going to buy America.

0:32.7

I'm going to invest in ourselves again, invest in America again.

0:36.9

Where is it written?

0:37.9

That America can't once again be the manufacturing capital of the world.

0:42.6

Where is that written?

0:43.6

It's a strategy experts call industrial policy.

0:46.4

And that's when the government uses rules, regulations, subsidies, tariffs, and legislation,

0:52.1

pretty much anything in its power to shape the private sector and boost particular

0:57.7

industries.

0:58.7

Osma, this has been an issue of particular interest to you.

1:03.2

So where do we start?

1:05.2

So, I want to put this in a bit of context because why I was so curious about this economic

1:11.4

vision is because of the political parallels it seemed to have to his predecessor, to the

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