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Aerospace and Defense Insights | Biden issues wide-ranging Buy American executive order

27 January 2021

Through Aerospace and Defense Insights, we share with you the top legal and political issues affecting the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Our A&D industry team monitors the latest developments to help our clients stay in front of issues before they become problems, and seize opportunities in a timely manner.

On 25 January 2021, President Biden issued his first Buy American executive order (EO), titled Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers, which is meant to implement the "Made in All of America" plan that was central to his campaign. With the stated intent of the EO being to strengthen American industry through changes to federal contract law to more strongly favor domestic products, the EO directs rulemaking and other action to increase domestic content requirements, limit waivers of domestic purchase restrictions, and encourage accountability and transparency.

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Authored by Michael F Mason, Joy E Sturm, Stacy Hadeka, Allison D Pugsley, Kelly Ann Shaw, Chandri Navarro, Jonathan T Stoel, Craig A Lewis, H. Deen Kaplan, Jared R Wessel, Christine A Reynolds, and David Horowitz.