The United States Air Force purchases most of the screws imported from China

According to the "Global Times" report published on April 22, according to the United States, "Huffington Post" reported on the 20th, the United States "Business Week" chief economist Mike - Mandel claimed that he found in the United States federal procurement items The situation was "surprised" that the U.S. Air Force did not implement the rules for the purchase of U.S. goods, but instead turned to buy Chinese products.

There is ample evidence that many agencies, including the US Department of Defense, have not conducted extensive and in-depth procurement research. Different agencies are also very different in their implementation of procurement. "However, Jennifer Baker-Reid of the Society of Industrial Fasteners of the American Nut and Bolt Manufacturers Association stated that the lack of domestically made screws for the AFB construction project is credible and should be concluded through market research." And most of the screws are currently imported from China.

The signature blog of the US "Wall Street Journal" website also reproduced this news. The blogger Si Beigeer believes that the U.S. manufacturing alliance is somewhat fussy about the use of Chinese screws in the construction of air bases. This simply does not affect the combat effectiveness of the U.S. military. Speightler also stated that although in order to avoid letting the taxpayers' money run into the pockets of Chinese screw manufacturers, the U.S. manufacturing alliance called on US manufacturers to work hard to produce the products needed for the airbase construction project. However, Chinese manufacturers are busy upgrading their position in the value chain. I am afraid they will not be too concerned about losing their sales.

Mandell claimed to have stumbled upon this when he was researching a textbook. He said that the U.S. Air Force’s construction of a base in Alaska did not implement the provisions of the 2009 U.S. Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act concerning procurement of domestic goods. The construction project was originally supported by the U.S. government to restore economic stimulus measures, and U.S. products should be procured and used according to the regulations. However, the base believes that ceiling fans, shower curtain rods, towel racks, roll holders, and various screw fixing devices are simple. Products simply can't find American manufacturers.

According to the report, the federal procurement records show that the contractor officials believe that the purchase of the above products in the United States cannot meet the quantity and quality requirements, and the above decision was made after “a comprehensive market survey and a thorough understanding of the US domestic manufacturers”. The report also stated that statistical data showed that during the fiscal year of 2009, the U.S. federal government purchased 44,000 orders for unsuccessful domestic purchases, involving purchases of nearly US$14 billion.

Mandell stated in his blog that the US Air Force’s abandonment of purchases of domestic goods in the aforementioned construction projects "confirmed the demise of US domestic manufacturing." He also doubted whether the various small furniture products mentioned above could not be purchased from US domestic manufacturers. He claimed to “find the data that the amount of bolts and nuts produced in the United States has actually improved in recent years”. The U.S. manufacturing alliance also questioned the lack of an American screw manufacturer for the Air Force project. The union leader Scott - Paul said.