WASHINGTON, DC – The National Association of Manufacturers unveiled a comprehensive strategy for US competitiveness. The Manufacturing Strategy for Jobs and a Competitive America prompts political leaders to consider what it will take for manufacturers in the US to succeed in the global marketplace.

The strategy explains what is at stake for manufacturing in the US and provides a roadmap for policies that will enable manufacturing to create jobs and compete. 

It sets out the following goals: The US will be the best country in the world to headquarter a company. The NAM wants companies based in the US; the US will be the best country in the world to innovate, performing the bulk of a company’s global research and development, and the US will be a great place to manufacture, both to meet the needs of the American market and serve as an export platform for the world.

The NAM urges manufacturers to call on members of Congress, candidates for office and opinion leaders to join in supporting and publicly endorsing the strategy; advocates for manufacturing should seek to implement the strategy, the association says. 

The Manufacturing Strategy for Jobs and a Competitive America is the first phase of the NAM’s campaign. In the coming weeks, the NAM will announce the creation of manufacturing councils at the state and district levels. These councils will be a platform to educate candidates, policymakers, employees and the general public about how to keep manufacturing competitive.