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Buy American: Did It Backfire?

By Susan Kohn Ross | Jul 13, 2009 4:00AM GMT
The Journal of Commerce Magazine - News Story

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has caused a lot of hand-wringing because of its Buy American provisions. Is that concern warranted? The initial reaction probably wasn’t, but that attitude is changing dramatically and quickly. The Recovery Act holds that as long as the bidder sources inputs from


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