National Manufacturing Day, 2025
This document is a presidential proclamation designating October 3, 2025 as National Manufacturing Day. It frames manufacturing as the engine of America’s prosperity and asserts a set of policy achievements and goals tied to strengthening domestic production. The proclamation touts large-scale investment, job creation, and tariff actions intended to protect U.S. manufacturing, along with regulatory relief and tax incentives (notably “100 percent immediate expensing” for new factories and improvements) to spur plant expansion. It also highlights a “whole-of-government” approach to workforce development and the use of artificial intelligence to boost productivity and ensure workers are not left behind. As a proclamation, it is ceremonial and does not itself create new laws or mandatory programs, but it reflects the administration’s stated priorities and achievements in manufacturing policy.
Key Points
- 1Designation of National Manufacturing Day: October 3, 2025 is proclaimed to celebrate American manufacturing and the workers and entrepreneurs who sustain it.
- 2Claims of strong policy and investment outcomes: The proclamation asserts more than $5 trillion in new private and foreign investments in the United States (in the first 100 days of the administration) and the creation of over 450,000 new jobs, tied to a manufacturing-focused policy environment.
- 3Tariffs to protect domestic industry: It emphasizes reciprocal tariffs on certain foreign trade practices, arguing they protect American manufacturing and that tariff revenue will be invested in communities across the country.
- 4Deregulation and tax incentives: The text notes the elimination of burdensome regulations and highlights the “100 percent immediate expensing” for new factories and industrial improvements, intended to make the U.S. a leading investment destination for manufacturing.
- 5Workforce development and AI: The proclamation describes a whole-of-government approach to workforce development and the use of artificial intelligence to accelerate productivity, revitalize manufacturing, create new industries, and prevent worker displacement.