Monthly Archives: March 2025

Tariffs Need to be “Sticky” to Work

2025-03-14T00:13:33-04:00

Regardless of the wisdom of the Trump tariffs, the Administration’s actions seem motivated by a genuine desire to return manufacturing to the United States.  This is a laudable goal and one that NAATBatt fully supports. But in trying to return manufacturing to the United States through tariffs, the Administration may be confusing a symptom with the disease.  The disease is not a lack of manufacturing in the United States.  The disease is that the United States is underinvesting in manufacturing infrastructure.  That underinvestment has led to the symptom of a declining manufacturing sector in general and to the lack of advanced [...]

Tariffs Need to be “Sticky” to Work2025-03-14T00:13:33-04:00

Explaining U.S. Battery Strategy in Korea

2025-03-08T04:23:35-05:00

The NAATBatt Onshoring Battery Technology Committee recently sponsored a delegation of NAATBatt members at InterBattery 2025.  The delegation included representatives of 39 NAATBatt member firms, which either attended the conference in person or virtually. Participating members had the opportunity to attend InterBattery 2025, the second largest battery conference in Asia (after CIBF in Shenzhen, China) and meet a wide with a range of Asian battery and battery component manufacturers.  The NAATBatt InterBattery program allowed members to interact directly with decision-makers at the large Korean battery companies.  Those decision-makers tend to be located in Korea, not in North America.  The Onshoring Battery [...]

Explaining U.S. Battery Strategy in Korea2025-03-08T04:23:35-05:00
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