Biden pulls out’by American 2.0′, “replaces all public cars with American electric cars”

Signed an executive order to strengthen’preferential purchases made in the United States’
650,000 federal vehicles replaced by domestic electric vehicles
“Half the parts are made in the US”… US companies “Welcome”
Trump’s sanctions for Chinese technology companies likely to continue

– This is the policy announced by US President Joe Biden at a press conference on the 25th (local time). It was shortly after signing the’Buy American’ executive order, which contained the federal government’s principle of preferential buying made in the United States. In a situation where the policy lines of the former Donald Trump administration have been overturned after taking office,’by American’ has made it clear that it will rather strengthen it.

According to the executive order, the White House Budget Office (OMB) has a new high-level position to manage and oversee the compliance of the US-made principle. In addition, the federal agency should invest 400 billion dollars (441 trillion 64 billion won) over the next four years to buy more US-made products.

The White House said, “This executive order is a guarantee that American workers will spend their money on products made from American parts,” said the White House. “In addition, it is part of a promise to increase investment in manufacturing and workers for’great reconstruction’.”

He also announced that he would go one step further in Trump’s’America First’.

President Biden stressed that “the Trump administration spent tens of billions of dollars in taxes on foreign industries and jobs,” and “we will go further.” Former President Trump preferred visible policies, such as imposing’bomb tariffs’ on China and other countries, but the Biden administration did its best to support the improvement of the manufacturing industry in the United States and strengthening competitiveness by reflecting the trend of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is read to mean to pour out.

“Revival of the automobile industry” under the vote of Rust Belt

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U.S. President Joe Biden explains at the White House the new administration’s initiatives to revive U.S. manufacturing. [ AP=연합뉴스]

– US media outlets are paying attention to the fact that President Biden, following Trump, was elected thanks to the vote of the’Rust Belt’, a declining industrial zone.

In particular, since the transitional committee, he has emphasized that he will regain the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry by investing labor and resources in building infrastructure such as parts and materials, and electric vehicle charging stations, as well as automobile manufacturing, since he has a unique love for the automobile industry.

At the press conference that day, he also revealed a policy to replace the federal government’s vehicles with electric vehicles made in the United States, as well as a strong will to support the parts industry. President Biden said, “The threshold of 50% is not high. Use more US-made parts.”

“I never believed for a second to say that the vitality of the American manufacturing industry was a thing of the past,” he said. “The American manufacturing industry was an arsenal of democracy during World War II, and now it must be a part of the American prosperity engine.”

According to the Federal Public Procurement Service, the number of vehicles owned by the federal government is about 650,000 as of 2019. In the future, when replacing these vehicles, it is planning to purchase domestic electric vehicles, and the Biden administration expected that it would secure 1 million jobs.

US companies such as GM “Welcome” at once

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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla. [AFP=연합뉴스]

– American automakers cheered at the White House’s announcement. GM immediately issued a welcome statement saying, “President Biden’s promise to support US manufacturing is encouraging.” Ford replied, “I believe in the United States, Americans, and the nation’s mission to invest in American goods and services.”

“I think the new administration’s climate change response policy is very good,” said Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, an electric vehicle company, in an interview with the US economic magazine Pocheonji. “I will do my best to help the new administration.” .

In the case of Hyundai and Kia Motors, there is no electric vehicle production line at the US local plant yet. In the US, electric vehicles produced in Korea and Europe are being sold.

“We will hold responsibility for the problem of Chinese technology takeover”

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The biden administration’s policy has led major trading partners to worry about whether it is an “American First 2.0”. It is expected that the category of’by American’ will expand from automobiles to the fourth industrial fields such as 5G mobile communication and artificial intelligence.

In fact, the Washington Post (WP) cited a trade expert and analyzed that “the executive order sent a clear signal to protect US trade interests.”

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), a professor at Cornell University in the US also said, “The trading partners may have expected the new US government to be more cooperative and less aggressive, but the new sheriff (Biden) is better than the old sheriff (Trump). I’m being informed that it won’t be less rough.”

In an interview with JoongAng Ilbo, Evan Medeiros, a professor at Georgetown University, replied “I think it can and should be” when asked if the Biden administration would encourage foreign companies to build more factories in the United States. Medeiros, who served as a senior assistant to Asia at the White House National Security Council during the Barack Obama administration, also worked with Biden, then vice president. Regarding Biden’s foreign policy, he said, “When the United States implements its trade policy, it is necessary to further improve the interests of the American middle class, workers and consumers.” “Modifying traditional foreign interests so that they can benefit them.” Explained.

In the same vein, it is expected that the checks on Chinese technology companies, which were strengthened during the Trump administration, will continue. The US State Department issued a statement that day, saying, “President Biden is committed to preventing Chinese companies from misusing or misusing US data.”

White House spokesman Jen Saki also received a question about Chinese IT companies Huawei and TikTok at a briefing, and said, “Technology is a central issue of US-China competition.” I am doing anything to take possession of it,” he criticized. “The opinion of President (Biden) is that we must defend better. This is to hold China accountable for unfair and illegal activities, and US technology is not used to promote China’s military buildup. It includes avoiding it.”

Reporter Jeong Eun-hye [email protected]



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