Video Event | Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing: Enhancing Resilience

October 2020

Past Event

Video Event | Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing: Enhancing Resilience

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

October 01, 2020

October 2020

Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:

Steve Gold

President and CEO, Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation

Keith Belton

Principal with Pareto Policy Solutions, LLC, and former Director of MPI

Gary Johnson

Chief Manufacturing and Labor Affairs Officer, Ford Motor Company

Rosemary Gibson

Author of "China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine"

Robert Scott

Senior Economist and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Research, Economic Policy Institute

Tom Duesterberg

Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

**Please be advised: This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, October 1.**

Join Hudson Institute and the Manufacturing Policy Initiative at Indiana University for a discussion series entitled “Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing.” The discussions will coincide with Manufacturing Day on October 2, 2020, with a discussion hosted by MPI featuring representatives of the presidential campaigns.

The global pandemic has revealed fragility in global value chains. In particular, COVID-19 has underscored the extent that America is reliant on China for vital medicines and medical supplies. What role can the U.S. government play to enhance resilience of the manufacturing supply chain? What lessons does the coronavirus offer for U.S. policymakers to reposition the American manufacturing sector?

Stephen Gold, president and CEO of the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation will moderate the conversation. Hudson Senior Fellow Thomas Duesterberg will introduce Stephen Gold.

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