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(Source: Teamster Nation, March 22, 2013)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Big corporations are lobbying to make it easier to stamp “Made in America” on products that aren’t.

Owen Herrnstadt at the Economic Policy Institute warns that businesses are urging the Export-Import Bank to weaken its domestic content requirements. That means companies are required to buy a certain percentage of material for their products domestically to get access to local markets or preferential treatment under trade laws.

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