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China profits off our passivity. Biden's American Jobs Plan would change that: Granholm

Imbalances with China have made our economy vulnerable to supply chain disruptions and put us at a huge disadvantage in the global clean energy race.

Jennifer M. Granholm
Opinion contributor

After serving as governor of Michigan, I visited China to see its vaunted clean energy manufacturing efforts. During one stop, a member of the Chinese delegation asked me when the United States would adopt its own national energy strategy to develop and build the clean energy products we knew would be in high demand.  

With polarization in Congress, I explained, it wasn’t likely any time soon. Take your time, he replied, smiling.