The Obama administration faces mounting pressure to wind back “buy American” measures passed by Congress this year amid growing concerns that they hurt some US workers they were designed to help.
The measures were in the $787bn US stimulus bill. Any project funded with stimulus money must use only US-made steel, iron and manufactures.
An outcry from the US's trading partners saw the bill amended at the last minute as the White House urged that the bill not contravene existing US trade agreements. Some businesses and officials say that amendment is proving virtually meaningless in practice.
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