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Alligator Farms

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 BRIEF
animal rights, apparel, Brief4, California, fashion, manufacturing, regulation, retail

Alligator farms and retailers claim California passed an unconstitutional law barring them from selling crocodile or alligator leather goods, in federal court.

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Economy Government International Politics 

Dems Unveil New North American Trade Deal With White House

December 10, 2019 ALEXANDRA JONES
Labor, manufacturing, NAFTA, Trade, Trump administration

Shortly after House Democrats unveiled impeachment charges against President Donald Trump, they announced an agreement with his administration concerning trade with Canada and Mexico.

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Business Environment Government 

Environmentalists Demand Stricter Pollution Standards For Plastics Industry

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019 NICHOLAS IOVINO
California, EPA, manufacturing, plastic

Seeking stricter accountability for the plastics industry, more than 350 public interest groups filed a petition Tuesday with the Environmental Protect Agency demanding higher standards and lower emissions for plastics manufacturers.

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Business Government International 

Steel and Aluminum From Brazil, Argentina Hit With US Tariffs

December 2, 2019 TIM RYAN
imports, Latin America, manufacturing, Trade, Trump administration

The United States will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Brazil and Argentina, President Donald Trump announced Monday morning.

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Appeals Environment 

Mining and Manufacturing

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 BRIEF
11th circuit, Army Corps of Engineers, dbrief2, manufacturing, mining, pollution, wetlands

The 11th Circuit ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers properly issued a wetland discharge permit to a fertilizer manufacturer that mines phosphate without addressing the environmental effects of a radioactive byproduct of the manufacturing process.

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Economy Employment National Politics 

Rust Belt Revival Stuck in Low Gear

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
2020 elections, coal, Labor, manufacturing, Ohio, Trump administration, Unemployment

Candidate Donald Trump promised that coal and steel would be the beating heart of a revived economy in the industrial Midwest. But that promised renaissance has not materialized and both sectors are faltering in ways that are painfully familiar and politically significant.

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Appeals Business Entertainment Health Sports 

Football Helmets

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 BRIEF
brain, dbrief5, football, manufacturing, statute of limitations

An Illinois appeals court upheld the dismissal of former NFL players’ suit seeking to hold the manufacturers and designers of their helmets liable for failure to warn them of the danger of concussions. 

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Business Government Health International 

Head of US Chemical Firm Grilled Over French Factory Blaze

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 MOLLY QUELL
chemicals, Fire, France, manufacturing

The CEO of Ohio-based chemical giant Lubrizol appeared before both houses of the French Parliament on Tuesday to face questions about a factory fire in Normandy last month that forced locals to stay indoors.  

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Business 

Telescopes and Antitrust

October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 BRIEF
China, dbrief3, manufacturing, price-fixing, space

A federal court in California ruled in favor of a Chinese telescope manufacturer accused of conspiring with third-party manufacturers to fix the prices of the star-gazing instruments.

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Business Education 

US Manufacturing at Decade Low at 2nd Straight Drop

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019 BRANDI BUCHMAN
manufacturing, Trade, U.S. Economy

The Trump administration’s trade war with China has walloped factories across the United States, with American manufacturing hitting its lowest level in 10 years this past September.

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Business Employment National 

Auto Workers Get $250 Checks as GM Strike Enters Third Week

October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 ANDY OLESKO
automotive, Detroit, GM, manufacturing, strike, unions

The United Auto Workers’ strike against General Motors has stretched into its third week with no end in sight, as some workers who applied for a union-sponsored supplemental weekly payment of $250 received their first check Tuesday.

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Government Law 

Oak Ridge Uranium

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 BRIEF
dbrief3, manufacturing, Tennessee, Trump administration

The Department of Energy did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act with its “segmented” environmental analysis of a modernization plan for a uranium manufacturing and storage facility, a federal court in Tennessee ruled. 

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Energy Environment 

Oil Spills

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 BRIEF
Brief6, Louisiana, manufacturing, product liability, toxic spills

A federal judge refused New Jersey-based Silbo Industries’ request to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction a product liability case that claims its subsea piping elbows leaked offshore Louisiana, resulting in “millions of dollars of damage.”

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Economy Employment Government 

US Has 501,000 Fewer Jobs Than First Reported

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
ap5, construction, health care, hotels, Labor Department, manufacturing, Restaurants, retail, Travel, Unemployment

The U.S. job market isn’t quite as strong as originally believed — with revised figures showing that the economy had 501,000 fewer total jobs this March than initially reported.

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Criminal International 

Man Charged With Violating US Sanctions of Iran

August 20, 2019August 21, 2019 MARTIN MACIAS JR
indictment, Iran, manufacturing, Pol4, Sanctions, shipping

Federal authorities have arrested a man charged in a scheme to ship prohibited metals-processing machines to Iran in violation of sanctions imposed by the United States.

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Business Environment Health 

Steel Mill Sorry for Spill That Killed Fish, Closed Beaches

August 17, 2019August 19, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
beaches, fish, Indiana, manufacturing, pollution, toxic spills

A steel company apologized for a spill of cyanide and ammonia that led to a fish kill and prompted the closure of beaches along Lake Michigan.

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Business Consumers Entertainment Financial Government International Politics 

American Hobby Store Getting Killed by Trump’s Tariffs

August 14, 2019August 15, 2019 MEGAN MINEIRO
China, manufacturing, Trade, Trump administration

After getting his first customs bill in the mail since President Donald Trump slapped a 25% tariff on Chinese imports, Mike Brey is considering closing up shop.

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Business Economy Politics 

Trump to Promote Turning Natural Gas Into Plastics in Pa.

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP3, Donald Trump, Elections, manufacturing, Oil and gas, Pennsylvania, plastic

Trying to hold support in the manufacturing towns that helped him win the White House in 2016, President Donald Trump is showcasing growing efforts to capitalize on western Pennsylvania’s natural gas deposits by turning gas into plastics.

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Economy International 

Chinese Businesses Adapt to US Trade War

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
AP4, China, exports, manufacturing, retail, Trade, Trump administration

Export-reliant Chinese companies are slashing prices, moving production abroad, creating new domestic markets and rebranding goods as they try to survive the escalating trade war with the United States.

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Business Consumers Environment Science 

Chemicals

August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 BRIEF
Brief7, California, chemicals, manufacturing, regulation

The American Chemistry Council filed suit to protest the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s listing of spray polyurethane insulation systems containing unreacted methylene diphenyl diisocyannates as a “priority product.”

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