President Trump today signed an expansive executive order aimed at revitalizing the United States maritime industrial base, directing the creation of a "maritime action plan (MAP)" to rejuvenate both commercial and military shipbuilding. The 18-page executive order directs the assistant to the president for national security affairs (APNSA) to collaborate with multiple cabinet secretaries -- including the heads of the Defense, Transportation, Commerce, Labor and Homeland Security departments -- to draw up this MAP strategy. Fixing longstanding problems with shipbuilding,...
