The Trump Administration Details Blueprint to Rebuild Key Manufacturing Sectors By Michael Stumo The Trump administration’s new report on vulnerabilities in the U.S. defense industrial base is welcome and critical to national and economic security. The new report offers a comprehensive assessment of the state of defense manufacturing in the United States and warns of capability decline due to the rise of China’s industrial prominence. The outsourcing of America’s defense supply chain has gone too far. It’s a troubling and unsustainable position, and action is overdue. However, we’re encouraged that the administration had developed and implemented a blueprint for modernizing the U.S. military and revitalizing major sectors of domestic manufacturing. The president’s “Blueprint for Action” aims to diversify away from complete dependency on sources of supply in politically unstable countries who may cut off U.S. access. [more...]