Hillary Clintons Strategy to Make it in America

Harnessing the Strength of Manufacturing Nationwide, as she did in Upstate New York
Hillary believes that manufacturing matters because workers who build things here are the heart
of our economy. Well-paying manufacturing jobs support families, and making things in
America here is critical to our innovation and prosperity. Throughout her career and in this
campaign, Hillary stood up for American manufacturing.
As Senator, Hillary fought for workers and manufacturers in New York. She stood up to China
when they tried to put tariffs on New Yorks exports. In communities across the state, from
Buffalo to Rochester to Albany, Hillary brought together government at every level, workers,
and businesses large and small to join and invest in good-paying jobs and production in the state.
Today, in Syracuse, Hillary is providing more detail on her vision for American
manufacturing, with a $10 billion investment in Make it in America Partnerships that
will take her strategy to stand with manufacturers in upstate New York nationwide.
While too many politicians and experts in Washington gave up on American manufacturing,
Hillary never did. Thats why she believes we need a comprehensive strategy to break down all
the barriers to making things here, and ensure Americas global leadership in manufacturing. We
need to buy what America makes: hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in our nations
infrastructure and making America the worlds clean energy superpower will drive demand for
jobs, equipment, and production here. And she will oppose trade agreements, like the TransPacific Partnership, that do not meet her high standards for creating good jobs, raising wages,
and enhancing our national security.
In December of last year, Hillary put forward five principles for winning the global race for
manufacturing jobs. Today, she is providing more detail on the principle of harnessing the
strength of manufacturing communities nationwide through Make it in America partnerships,
and reiterating the principles she has already discussed throughout this campaign:
1. Establish Make it in America Partnerships that make America the first choice for
manufacturing production by harnessing regional strengths. Hillary Clinton's plan will
dedicate $10 billion in funding toward Make it in America Partnerships that link together
all parts of the supply chain and build on the strength of a region in particular industries. Her
plan will help make all elements of manufacturing more innovative and competitive, while
encouraging domestic manufacturing and reshoring. It builds on President Obamas National
Network for Manufacturing Innovation, and bipartisan legislation written and spearheaded by
Senator Sherrod Brown, one of our nation's foremost champions for manufacturing:
o Harness all of a regions strengths: Clintons plan will use federal resources to take the
lead in bringing together workers, unions, businesses, universities, and government at
every level to harness their combined strengths to encourage industries to locate in their
region, and create jobs and innovation with wide economic benefits. This approach will
help ideas for new goods and production methods move from university labs to factory
floors to markets across the city, country, and world. This approach will build up supply
chains and upward spirals of production, good-paying jobs, skills, and innovation so
that manufacturing communities across America are the first choice for parts production

and assembly, in everything from steel, cars, and aircraft to wind turbines and clean
energy products.
A pledge by businesses to keep jobs and investment in America: Businesses participating
in Hillarys strategy would pledge not to shift jobs or profits gained from Make it in
America incentives to other countries by outsourcing production, or inverting to move
their residence abroad and avoid paying their fair share of U.S. taxes. Hillarys plan
embraces economic patriotism, and will support companies that invest in their workers
and good-paying jobs here in the U.S. But it wont support companies that walk out on
America. When Americas incredible innovators come up with an invention or design, we
should also build it here.
Promote participation by smaller manufacturers to build up the entire manufacturing
ecosystem and supply chains: Make it in America partnerships would include
participation by and sharing with smaller manufacturers throughout a region, so they
learn the skills they need to thrive and participate profitably in the supply chain. This
could include test and learn demonstration centers where small manufacturers could
learn cutting-edge techniques, or teaching hospitals where workers, university and
community college experts, and students could learn new skills from each other. That
way, we will help small manufacturers become links in the global supply chain so we
build things here.
Create good-paying jobs without stealing them from other regions, or undermining labor
and Buy America standards: Hillarys proposal will only reward plans that create goodpaying jobs. She will not reward regions that simply relocate jobs or production from one
community to another. And across her proposals, as she has throughout her career, she
will support strong Buy American standards, and the right of unions to organize and
collectively bargain. Her plan will not allow proposals that undermine worker rights or
strong labor and domestic sourcing standards so that the new manufacturing jobs we
create are good, high-paying jobs.
Ensure American competitiveness in clean energy manufacturing: Clinton
will help American workers and businesses compete for jobs and investment in the $13.5
trillion global clean energy market by setting a goal to improve energy
efficiency in American manufacturing by one third within ten years of taking
office. Achieving this goal will save American manufacturing companies more than $50
billion a year and make them more internationally competitive. Clinton will ensure that
American leadership in producing some of the lowest-carbon steel, aluminum, glass and
other materials in the world is recognized in the market and rewarded in public and
private procurement by developing a new Buy Clean product labeling system, modeled
on the successful ENERGY STAR system for promoting the use of more energy-efficient
products.

2. Prevent foreign countries like China from abusing global trade rules, and reject trade
agreements that do not meet high standards. Hillary will put American workers first when
it comes to trade. She will stand up to foreign countries like China when they abuse global
trade rules and take action against the theft physical and virtual of Americas inventions:
o Crack down on foreign countries, like China, that cheat the rules: If foreign countries
dump products on our markets, like China is doing right now with steel, Hillarys

administration will take countervailing action. She will appoint a new trade prosecutor to
keep other countries honest. She will take on foreign countries that keep their goods
artificially cheap by manipulating their currencies, and expand our toolbox to include
effective new remedies to respond, such as duties, tariffs, or other measures. And Hillary
opposes Chinas efforts to be recognized as a market economy, which would defang
our anti-dumping laws.
o Say "no" to new trade agreements that dont meet her high bar including the TransPacific Partnership. Hillary will hit pause and say no to new trade agreements unless
they create American jobs, raise wages, and improve our national security. After looking
at the final terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, including what it contains
on currency manipulation and its weak rules of origin standard for what counts as a car
that can get treaty benefits, she opposed the agreement because it did not meet her test.
And she will hold every future trade agreement to the same high standard.
o Review the trade agreements we already have on the books. Hillary has said for almost a
decade that we need to renegotiate NAFTA, and she still believes that today. And she
would review all of our trade agreements with the same scrutiny.
o Fight for American exports. U.S. exports total more than $2 trillion dollars and exporters
pay workers higher wages. Clinton will support the efforts of businesses large and small
to tap new markets both at home and internationally to support good paying jobs and
spur economic growth. That is why she stands for American workers in the face of
misguided opposition by supporting the Export-Import Bank, and other policies that drive
American exports.
3. Revitalize the hardest-hit manufacturing communities by preventing downward cycles of
lost employment, knowledge, and physical capital, and encouraging virtuous cycles of new
employment and production:
o Revitalize hard-hit manufacturing communities by building on her proposal to provide
tax relief to encourage investment in hard-hit areas that have seen jobs and production
depart. Specifically, Clintons plan would make areas that have seen or are about to face
significant manufacturing job or plant losses eligible for new investment tax incentives
called the Manufacturing Renaissance Tax Credit modeled on the New Markets Tax
Credit to attract new capital, business, and jobs; a zero capital gains option on long-term
investments; and relief for renovating, refurbishing, or repurposing plants.
o Link this tax relief to a coordinated, comprehensive, government-wide effort to prevent
downward spirals resulting from departing production in hard-hit communities, and
align resources from across agencies to make funds and programs easier to access.
4. Crack down on companies shipping jobs and earnings overseas and create incentives
for companies to bring back jobs to the U.S.
o Claw back the special tax breaks that corporations received for locating research and
production here at home if they ship jobs overseas, and use the proceeds to invest in
America.
o End abusive inversions and impose an exit tax on companies that leave America to
lower their tax burden.
o Provide federal support and tax relief for research and innovation in America, particularly
at smaller businesses and startups.

o Coordinate government efforts within the U.S. and overseas to recruit and ease the path
for companies to bring back jobs to the U.S.
o Double support for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a public-private partnership
that helps smaller American manufacturers compete.
o Expand access to capital, especially for smaller manufacturers.
5. Invest in America's manufacturing workforce to ensure that they will always be the
best in the world. America has the potential to win the global competition for manufacturing
jobs by harnessing the incredible talent and skills of its workforce. That is why Clintons plan
will:
o Encourage proven, high-quality training and apprenticeships including a $1,500 tax
credit for every apprentice hired through a bona-fide apprenticeship program while
insisting on accountability for employment and earnings outcomes.
o Expand nationwide credentialing with strong industry input that can lead to more and
better-paying jobs in every state in the union.
o Build on models that allow federal student aid to be used toward high-quality career and
technical training programs with promising or proven recordsincluding traditional
career and technical education, and innovative, flexible online programs.
o Provide tuition-free community college, and reduce student debt by allowing students to
refinance their loans.