Morning Brief: Biden seeks to bolster clean energy, auto supply chains

The Biden administration is launching an effort to bolster domestic manufacturing for a range of critical sectors, including clean energy and electric vehicle (EV) production, in an effort to protect supply chains from various risks including an over-reliance on foreign sources. The effort serves as a complementary policy to his sweeping climate change agenda, by seeking to ensure that steps to significantly reduce carbon emissions do not come at the expense of economic development. According to a White House fact...