EXPERT INTERVIEWS — There is at least one issue involving national security and U.S. manufacturing that enjoys bipartisan support – and at least one Trump administration executive order that hasn’t met much opposition: it involves shipbuilding, and a potentially dangerous problem for the United States.
Put simply, the U.S. isn’t building enough ships – commercial or Navy vessels – and many of the ships it is building are being delivered late and over budget. And as with many issues on the U.S. national security docket, this one lands squarely in the sphere of U.S.-China competition.
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