Democratic candidate announces 'Build Back Better' manufacturing investments while criticising president's 'failure' to live up to economic promises
His massive infrastructure spending plan proposes a $400bn federal investment in “products and materials our country needs to modernise our infrastructure, to replenish our critical stockpiles, and to enhance our national security,” followed by another $300bn investment over four years for research and development, a “mobilisation ... in ways not seen since World War II,” Mr Biden said.
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