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| headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| headquarters = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| chief1_name = [[Peter Navarro]]
| chief1_name = [[Peter Navarro]]
| chief1_position = Director<ref name="CNNNPR">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/opinions/historic-100-days-trade-opinion-navarro/|title=Trump trade chief: Our trade policy is already working|first=Peter|last=Navarro|author-link=Peter Navarro|work=[[CNN]]|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|location=[[Atlanta]]|date=May 2, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}<br>- {{cite news|first=Scott|last=Horsley|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526621048/peter-navarro-a-bricklayer-of-trumps-protectionist-wall|title=Peter Navarro: A 'Bricklayer' Of Trump's Protectionist Wall|work=[[NPR]]|publisher=National Public Radio, Inc|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
| chief1_position = Director<ref name="CNNNPR">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/opinions/historic-100-days-trade-opinion-navarro/|title=Trump trade chief: Our trade policy is already working|first=Peter|last=Navarro|author-link=Peter Navarro|work=CNN|publisher=[[Turner Broadcasting System]] ([[Time Warner]])|location=[[Atlanta]]|date=May 2, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}<br>- {{cite news|first=Scott|last=Horsley|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526621048/peter-navarro-a-bricklayer-of-trumps-protectionist-wall|title=Peter Navarro: A 'Bricklayer' Of Trump's Protectionist Wall|work=[[NPR]]|publisher=National Public Radio, Inc|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=May 3, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>
| parent_agency = [[Office of White House Policy]]
| parent_agency = [[Office of White House Policy]]
}}
}}
The '''Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy''' ('''OTMP''') was an office established within the [[White House Office]] by [[US President]] [[Donald Trump]] by [[Executive order (United States)|Presidential Executive Order]] 13797 on April 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/29/100-days-trump-order-review-free-trade-agreements-commerce/101066150/|title=On his 100th day in office, Trump orders review of free trade agreements|first=Gregory|last=Korte|work=[[USA Today]]|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|location=[[McLean, Virginia]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}<br>- {{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/01/presidential-executive-order-establishment-office-trade-and|title=Presidential Executive Order on the Establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|publisher=[[White House]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017|author1-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary}} {{PD-notice}}<br>- {{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/05/04/2017-09161/establishment-of-office-of-trade-and-manufacturing-policy|title=Establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504103441/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/05/04/2017-09161/establishment-of-office-of-trade-and-manufacturing-policy|archive-date=May 4, 2017|url-status=dead}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-04/pdf/2017-09161.pdf Alt URL]{{PD-notice}}</ref>
The '''Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy''' ('''OTMP''') was an office established within the [[White House Office]] by [[US President]] [[Donald Trump]] by [[Executive order (United States)|Presidential Executive Order]] 13797 on April 29, 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/29/100-days-trump-order-review-free-trade-agreements-commerce/101066150/|title=On his 100th day in office, Trump orders review of free trade agreements|first=Gregory|last=Korte|work=USA Today|publisher=[[Gannett Company]]|location=[[McLean, Virginia]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017}}<br>- {{cite news|last1=Office of the Press Secretary|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/01/presidential-executive-order-establishment-office-trade-and|title=Presidential Executive Order on the Establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|publisher=[[White House]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017|author1-link=White House Office of the Press Secretary}} {{PD-notice}}<br>- {{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/05/04/2017-09161/establishment-of-office-of-trade-and-manufacturing-policy|title=Establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=May 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504103441/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/05/04/2017-09161/establishment-of-office-of-trade-and-manufacturing-policy|archive-date=May 4, 2017|url-status=dead}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-05-04/pdf/2017-09161.pdf Alt URL]{{PD-notice}}</ref>


During the [[Presidential transition of Joe Biden|Biden transition]], the incoming administration made no signals towards filling the office, which has remained vacant as of the start of the Biden administration. It is presumed inactive.
During the [[Presidential transition of Joe Biden|Biden transition]], the incoming administration made no signals towards filling the office, which has remained vacant as of the start of the Biden administration. It is presumed inactive.
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=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
In March 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]], Trump signed Executive Order 13911, naming Peter Navarro as the [[Defense Production Act]] policy coordinator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/01/2020-06969/delegating-additional-authority-under-the-defense-production-act-with-respect-to-health-and-medical|title=Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act Concerning Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19|date=April 1, 2020|website=Federal Register|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> and giving the OTMP authority to marshal federal resources as the US faced potential shortfalls in necessary hardware such as [[ventilator]]s and [[personal protective equipment]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Leary | first1=Alex | title='This is War': President's Equipment Czar to Use Full Powers to Fight Coronavirus | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | date=March 28, 2020 | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date=November 17, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329005602/https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | archive-date=March 29, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|coronavirus pandemic]], Trump signed Executive Order 13911, naming Peter Navarro as the [[Defense Production Act]] policy coordinator,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/01/2020-06969/delegating-additional-authority-under-the-defense-production-act-with-respect-to-health-and-medical|title=Delegating Additional Authority Under the Defense Production Act Concerning Health and Medical Resources To Respond to the Spread of COVID-19|date=April 1, 2020|website=Federal Register|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> and giving the OTMP authority to marshal federal resources as the US faced potential shortfalls in necessary hardware such as [[ventilator]]s and [[personal protective equipment]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Leary | first1=Alex | title='This is War': President's Equipment Czar to Use Full Powers to Fight Coronavirus | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | date=March 28, 2020 | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=November 17, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329005602/https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-war-presidents-equipment-czar-to-use-full-powers-to-fight-coronavirus-11585435836 | archive-date=March 29, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Directors==
==Directors==
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=== Trade ===
=== Trade ===
In May 2019, the OTMP published a report analyzing the potential economic impact of the United States Reciprocal Trade Act, a bill proposed in January 2019 that would enable the President to impose reciprocal [[tariffs]] on trade partners who do not lower corresponding tariffs or [[non-tariff barriers]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RTAReport.pdf?mod=article_inline|title=The United States Reciprocal Trade Act: Estimated Job & Trade Deficit Effects | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> The bill never advanced beyond Committee.
In May 2019, the OTMP published a report analyzing the potential economic impact of the United States Reciprocal Trade Act, a bill proposed in January 2019 that would enable the President to impose reciprocal [[tariffs]] on trade partners who do not lower corresponding tariffs or [[non-tariff barriers]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RTAReport.pdf?mod=article_inline|title=The United States Reciprocal Trade Act: Estimated Job & Trade Deficit Effects | work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> The bill never advanced beyond Committee.


=== Manufacturing ===
=== Manufacturing ===
In August 2020, the OTMP released a report giving an update on the status of the federal government's usage of the DPA. The report identified 78 instances of actions undertaken by the Trump administration to combat certain equipment shortages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/OTMP-DPA-Report-FINAL-8.13.20.pdf|title=How President Trump Uses the Defense Production Act to Protect America From the China Virus|date=August 13, 2020|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> This report faced criticism as later analysis showed several cited instances in the report were either executive orders unrelated to the production of medical equipment or Defense Department expenditures that did not directly address the nation's supply shortages, with some examples dating as far back as 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/health/Covid-Trump-Defense-Production-Act.html|title=Despite Claims, Trump Rarely Uses Wartime Law in Battle Against Covid|last=Jacobs|first=Andrew|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> With Ohio Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] labeling the report as “propaganda” and a “political stunt”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/health/Covid-Trump-Defense-Production-Act.html|title=White House defends President Trump's handling of coronavirus in a new report that Sherrod Brown calls 'propaganda'|last=Eaton|first=Sabrina|work=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
In August 2020, the OTMP released a report giving an update on the status of the federal government's usage of the DPA. The report identified 78 instances of actions undertaken by the Trump administration to combat certain equipment shortages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/OTMP-DPA-Report-FINAL-8.13.20.pdf|title=How President Trump Uses the Defense Production Act to Protect America From the China Virus|date=August 13, 2020|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> This report faced criticism as later analysis showed several cited instances in the report were either executive orders unrelated to the production of medical equipment or Defense Department expenditures that did not directly address the nation's supply shortages, with some examples dating as far back as 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/health/Covid-Trump-Defense-Production-Act.html|title=Despite Claims, Trump Rarely Uses Wartime Law in Battle Against Covid|last=Jacobs|first=Andrew|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 22, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref> With Ohio Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] labeling the report as “propaganda” and a “political stunt”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/health/Covid-Trump-Defense-Production-Act.html|title=White House defends President Trump's handling of coronavirus in a new report that Sherrod Brown calls 'propaganda'|last=Eaton|first=Sabrina|work=The New York Times |date=August 14, 2020|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>


In early October 2020, the OTMP released a report purportedly detailing the progress of the Trump administration's "Buy American, Hire American" policies as outlined in Executive Order 13788. The report covered five key areas: Buying American Procurement, Hiring American Labor, Trade Policy and Tariffs, Defense Budget and Policies, and utilization of the [[Merchant Marine Act of 1920|Jones Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Donald-J-Trump-Buy-American-Hire-American-President.pdf|title=Donald J. Trump the Buy American, Hire American President|date=October 2, 2020|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
In early October 2020, the OTMP released a report purportedly detailing the progress of the Trump administration's "Buy American, Hire American" policies as outlined in Executive Order 13788. The report covered five key areas: Buying American Procurement, Hiring American Labor, Trade Policy and Tariffs, Defense Budget and Policies, and utilization of the [[Merchant Marine Act of 1920|Jones Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Donald-J-Trump-Buy-American-Hire-American-President.pdf|title=Donald J. Trump the Buy American, Hire American President|date=October 2, 2020|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
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In July 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13806, on ''Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States'', initiated by the OTMP, which directed the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] to lead a whole of government assessment of the health of the manufacturing and defense industrial base of the United States. The report was published in October, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessdefense.gov/resources/|title=Resources|website=Department of Defense Industrial Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/05/2002048904/-1/-1/1/ASSESSING-AND-STRENGTHENING-THE-MANUFACTURING-AND%20DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL-BASE-AND-SUPPLY-CHAIN-RESILIENCY.PDF|title=Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States|date=September 1, 2019|publisher=Department of Defense|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
In July 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13806, on ''Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States'', initiated by the OTMP, which directed the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] to lead a whole of government assessment of the health of the manufacturing and defense industrial base of the United States. The report was published in October, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessdefense.gov/resources/|title=Resources|website=Department of Defense Industrial Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/05/2002048904/-1/-1/1/ASSESSING-AND-STRENGTHENING-THE-MANUFACTURING-AND%20DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL-BASE-AND-SUPPLY-CHAIN-RESILIENCY.PDF|title=Assessing and Strengthening the Manufacturing and Defense Industrial Base and Supply Chain Resiliency of the United States|date=September 1, 2019|publisher=Department of Defense|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>


In June 2018, the OTMP released a report outlining how [[China]]'s policies threaten the economic and national security of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/office-trade-manufacturing-policy-report-chinas-economic-aggression-threatens-technologies-intellectual-property-united-states-world/|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Office of Trade & Manufacturing Policy Report: "How China's Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual Property of the United States and the World"|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=June 19, 2018}}<br>- {{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FINAL-China-Technology-Report-6.18.18-PDF.pdf|title=How China's Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual Property of the United States and the World|date=June 19, 2018|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
In June 2018, the OTMP released a report outlining how China's policies threaten the economic and national security of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/office-trade-manufacturing-policy-report-chinas-economic-aggression-threatens-technologies-intellectual-property-united-states-world/|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Office of Trade & Manufacturing Policy Report: "How China's Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual Property of the United States and the World"|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=June 19, 2018}}<br>- {{Cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FINAL-China-Technology-Report-6.18.18-PDF.pdf|title=How China's Economic Aggression Threatens the Technologies and Intellectual Property of the United States and the World|date=June 19, 2018|publisher=White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy|access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>


== See also ==  
== See also ==