Trade Cases
July 16, 2019
Trump's Buy American Order Increases Steel Use to 95 Percent
Written by Sandy Williams
To stiffen his Buy American policies, President Trump signed an executive order on Monday raising the threshold for American-made steel used in federal projects from 50 percent to 95 percent.
The executive order states that the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council is to “consider proposing” within 180 days amendments to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that will “most effectively carry out the goals of the Buy American Act and my Administration’s policy of enforcing the Buy American Act to its maximum lawful extent.”
