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title: "National Manufacturing Day Highlights Challenges and Opportunities"
summary: |-
  This day of celebration should also serve as reminder of the competitiveness challenges manufacturers face.
date: "2013-10-04"
issues: ["Manufacturing"]
authors: ["Stephen Ezell"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2013/10/04/national-manufacturing-day-highlights-challenges-and-opportunities/"
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# National Manufacturing Day Highlights Challenges and Opportunities

As important as it is to celebrate the contribution manufacturing makes to a vibrant U.S. economy, National Manufacturing Day should also recognize the significant trade barriers U.S. manufacturers continue to face in global markets—especially as a growing number of countries have resorted to embracing a particularly pernicious form of trade barrier known as localization barriers to trade.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2013/10/04/national-manufacturing-day-highlights-challenges-and-opportunities/*