Trump Executive Order on shipbuilding. Paris limits cars and plants trees. : State of the World from NPR President Trump wants to bring shipbuilding back to the U.S. to counter China and boost American jobs. The ambitious goal will require rebuilding infrastructure and retraining a workforce. And in Paris, twenty years of discouraging car traffic and planting trees is yielding cleaner air and revitalized river banks and public spaces.
The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is seen in the Newport News Shipbuilding yard on Aug. 26, 2022, ahead of a keel-laying ceremony. (Kendall Warner/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Kendall Warner/Newport News Daily Press/Getty Images hide caption
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The USS Enterprise CVN 80 is seen in the Newport News Shipbuilding yard on Aug. 26, 2022, ahead of a keel-laying ceremony. (Kendall Warner/Daily Press/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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President Trump wants to bring shipbuilding back to the U.S. to counter China and boost American jobs. The ambitious goal will require rebuilding infrastructure and retraining a workforce. And in Paris, twenty years of discouraging car traffic and planting trees is yielding cleaner air and revitalized river banks and public spaces.