On January 25, President Biden signed his “Buy American” executive order. The new EO echoes Biden's $400 billion campaign pledge to increase government purchases of American goods. The EO will impose tougher rules on government procurement practices to increase purchases of products made in the U.S. Former President Trump also attempted to force the federal government to rely on U.S. manufacturers for procurement with his "Buy American and Hire American" executive order, and in the final days of his administration issued a final rule on buy American provisions for steel and iron, but the future of the rule is uncertain due to a regulatory freeze by the Biden administration.
According to administration officials, Biden will set a 180-day deadline to deliver on changes to the process. The EO also:
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