January End United State America News Brief - President Biden orders promotion of 'Made in USA' , Iran says no to US COVID-19 vaccine and China imposes sanctions on 28 Americans

 

President Biden orders promotion of 'Made in USA'

New President Joe Biden has reportedly taken steps to impose a new executive order, "Buy American Things," giving priority to companies and products in the United States. Accordingly, the President states that American companies and products should be given priority in purchasing goods required by the federal government.

The new U.S. administration, with new President Biden, has imposed the executive order as an opportunity to boost domestic production. It is planned to protect the jobs of those employed in these industries by making more investments in local factories and employees.

In particular, the new President Biden's policy statement calls this another milestone in the efforts to improve the U.S. economy, which has been hit hard by the COVID - 19 epidemic.

The U.S. government spends about $ 600 billion a year on contracts. Accordingly, these federal agencies have been instructed to purchase 'Made in America' products at all costs.

Today, the manufacturing sector accounts for 12% of the U.S. economy, and has become a key component of the current president's vision for the future.

These include raising wages, creating more jobs, supporting small businesses and strengthening the U.S. supply chain.

"The American manufacturing sector, which was the battleground of democracy during World War II, must now become part of the engine of American prosperity, which means we are now using taxpayers' money to rebuild America." Biden has said here.

 

Iran says no to US COVID-19 vaccine

Iran says it will not use the US-made Pfizer vaccine or the Moderna vaccine to control COVID-19 blockade in Iran. The Iranian Foreign Minister who is currently in Russia has stated that the reason for this is his distrust regarding the vaccine.

Accordingly, Russia plans to use Russian-made Sputnik V. Sinopharm and CoronaVac in China and Covishield and Covax in India for use in Iran. The Iranian foreign minister also said that COVID-19 vaccine was being manufactured in the country.

"We take the Russian vaccine, we take the Chinese vaccine. We work very closely with them for that. In addition, we take the Indian vaccine."

The Minister also mentioned the reasons why he does not have confidence in vaccinations in the West. At one point, he cited the example of a blood transfusion from a Western country to Iran that contained the HIV virus.

He did not name any country, but foreign media reported that the virus was present in blood sent to Iran by France. About 300 Iranians who donated the blood were infected with HIV at the time. Had become infected.

Biden launches probe into arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Emirates with Trump approval

 The United States is investigating the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to the administration of new US President Joe Biden. Antony Blinken, the newly elected Secretary of State, has stated this in his first press conference.

China imposes sanctions on 28 Americans, including former US Secretary of State Pompeo

China has reportedly imposed sanctions on 28 US diplomats and officials, including former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. They are accused of interfering in China's sovereignty.

The foreign ministry said the sanctions, including by the secretary of state, were "deliberately involved in disrupting China's internal affairs, disregarding Cheetah's interests, convicting the Chinese people and severely damaging China - US relations." Does.

Here, in addition to Mike Pompeo, Peter K. Navarro, Robert O'Brien, David Stillwell, Matthew Pottinger, Alex M. Azar, Keith Craw and Kelly Kraft to Trump administration officials as well as John R. The sanctions also apply to Bolton and Stephen K. Bannon.

Under the sanctions, in addition to these individuals, their immediate family members are also barred from entering China, as well as Hong Kong and Macau, Chinese-controlled cities and states. They and their affiliates are also barred from conducting business and operations in China.