industries

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To finance the initiative, he invoked the Defense Production Act, a Cold War-era law that grants the president broad authority to support industries considered vital to national security.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

On the demand side, AI’s memory-chip needs are driving prices so high that other industries are beginning to reduce their consumption.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Really, the constraint on Chinese growth is chronic malinvestment of the country’s savings, which are diverted toward export-manufacturing industries and low-productivity state-owned enterprises rather than toward investment in domestic services and the like.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“We see a massive opportunity to transform physical industries with Operational AI and AI Agents—automating work, unlocking capacity, and driving greater productivity across the sectors that power the global economy,” Biswas added.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Meanwhile, the German metalworking and steel industries are equal in productivity to their American counterparts.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond