Manufacturing — Federal permitting reform push, robotics data factory launch, and defense ammunition strike resolution mark a multi-front shift in U.S. manufacturing policy and operations

Manufacturing · 2026-05-07

TODAY'S SIGNAL — Three developments today converge on a single theme: the U.S. manufacturing base is being actively restructured across regulatory, technological, and labor dimensions simultaneously. The Trump administration's explicit push for federal environmental permitting reform at the SelectUSA Investment Summit signals that infrastructure and energy project timelines — historically a 4-7…