{"id":1271724,"date":"2022-02-04T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271724"},"modified":"2022-02-04T16:22:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:22:53","slug":"joe-biden-boasts-about-buying-made-in-america-spends-over-1-billion-on-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-boasts-about-buying-made-in-america-spends-over-1-billion-on-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Boasts About Buying &#039;Made in America,&#039; Spends Over $1 Billion on Coronavirus Tests Made in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-boasts-about-buying-made-in-america-spends-over-1-billion-on-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Joe-Biden-Made-in-China-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden boasted on Friday that the federal government was finally purchasing goods \u201cMade in America\u201d just weeks after buying coronavirus tests made in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made it clear, that when the federal government spends taxpayer dollars we buy American products. American products, made in America,\u201d Biden said, adding there had only been \u201cvery few exceptions\u201d to the rule.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The president commented on his \u201cBuy American\u201d efforts during a speech at the White House about the January jobs report.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been the law, it\u2019s very seldom ever followed,\u201d he said, about the principal to ensure government purchases American-made products. \u201cNow it\u2019s a reality, not an empty promise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden did not mention the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/chinas-andon-health-supply-at-home-covid-19-tests-us-2022-01-14\/\">signed<\/a> a $1.28 billion contract with China\u2019s Andon Health Co., Ltd. in January to purchase over $250 million coronavirus self-test kits.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, China\u2019s state-run Global Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1245987.shtml\">celebrated<\/a> China\u2019s contribution to the United States as a propaganda victory, as shares of Andon Health stocks spiked after Biden\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The White House defended the purchase of coronavirus tests from China, noting a shortage of tests produced in the U.S. due to \u201cthe understandable demand\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/02\/white-house-defends-mailing-americans-coronavirus-tests-made-china\/\">said<\/a> the testing shortage in the U.S. \u201crequired us purchasing some of those tests from China in order to meet that demand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden boasted on Friday that the federal government was finally purchasing goods \u201cMade in America\u201d just weeks after buying coronavirus tests made in China. \u201cI made it clear, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1271724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1271724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1271724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1271724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1271724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}