Committing the federal government to “Buy American” in its procurement practices? While the consensus among politicians might have shifted away from free trade, the public has shifted in favor of it. The Post write-up goes on to explain: “The administration is determined to move beyond the traditional single-minded focus on price and efficiency in its approach to trade policy. The second is a series of anonymous quotes from a senior Biden trade adviser asserting that this time things will be different, because … I dunno, Biden really means it? It’s the service sector that is ailing, and no procurement policy will fix that.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2021 12:03 UTC