Biden signs executive order on R&D to boost U.S. manufacturing

President Biden on Friday issued an executive order crafted to boost domestic manufacturing of innovations supported by federally funded research and development, insisting his “Buy American” approach is consistent with trade rules and preserving the “flexibility” to align R&D efforts with allies. The “Invent it here and make it here” order, as Biden called it in a speech at a textile manufacturer in Maine, is the latest effort in a broader push by the administration to spur U.S. manufacturing and...