The Finance 202: ‘Made in America’ week belies weak manufacturing numbers

The Finance 202: 'Made in America' week belies weak manufacturing numbers

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Welcome to "Made in America" Week, the latest attempt by the White House to get back on offense by hammering a theme from President Trump’s economic agenda.

If past is prologue, drama from the health-care debate and new Russia revelations – reinforced by Trump tweets – will swamp the message. And the domestic manufacturing push starts out as a tough sell for a president whose retail empire outsources much of its production abroad. Ditto for Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and adviser, whose own company relies exclusively on foreign factories in Bangladesh, Indonesia, China and elsewhere, […]

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