Washington (CNN) President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at boosting American manufacturing, setting in motion a process to fulfill his campaign pledge to strengthen the federal government's Buy American rules. By contrast, Biden has set a 180-day deadline to deliver on fundamental change to the process, according to an administration official. The President signed 30 orders in his first three days in office , some of them reversing Trump's policies. Closing loopholes in federal purchasingThe President "believes we can rebuild the vitality of American manufacturing and our industrial strength. "Trump talked about buying American and hiring American a lot, but his executive orders didn't amount to much at all," said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

Source: CNN January 25, 2021 10:01 UTC