ECONOMY/IMMIGRATION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign an executive order in Wisconsin on Tuesday [4-18-17] directing a government-wide review aimed at putting new teeth back into decades-old ‘Buy American’ and ‘Hire American’ directives.
The 220-day review process, which could lead to additional executive orders and possibly legislation, will focus on preventing foreign workers with H-1B visas from, as one senior administration official put it, ‘undercutting American labor at less cost,’ which the official labeled as ‘an abuse’ of the current system.
‘This is a clear statement from the president of the United States to shore up some of these abuses,’ the official continued. The goal, the official said, is ensuring that ‘everyone can have a realistic path to economic success and full employment.’…
In addition to the visa program, federal agencies will be asked to review and minimize the use of waivers and exceptions to Buy American policies as well as assess the degree to which waivers included in free-trade agreements have hurt American workers.”
-Eli Stokols, “Trump Expected to Bolster ‘Buy American’ and ‘Hire American’ Directives,” The Wall Street Journal online, April 17, 2017 9:00pm