The Small Business Administration (SBA) has removed almost two dozen foreign products from federal agency procurement to ensure priority for domestically produced goods. [source] The move, taken in collaboration with the General Services Administration (GSA), resulted in the foreign products being eliminated from the GSA Advantage list of approved vendors for federal procurement, the SBA said in a June 12 statement.
The decision was made after President Donald Trump and SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler attended the White House Small Business Summit last month, where Sherrill Manufacturing, a small business, raised concerns about Chinese companies misusing GSA Advantage.
Sherrill cited concerns about Chinese companies marketing their goods as “Made in America” on GSA Advantage, even though the production process for these items is only partially conducted in the United States. …