President Trumps Make America Great agenda aims to revive American shipbuilding, targeting a manufacturing boom in a critical sector for national security. The initiative includes building liquefied natural gas tankers, polar icebreakers, and Navy vessels. However, the domestic industry faces challenges, and foreign expertise and collaboration are crucial. China dominates the global commercial shipbuilding industry, with over three hundred shipyards compared to the U.S.s eight. The Trump administration plans to bring in foreign companies, such as South Koreas Hanwha Group, to help bolster U.S. shipbuilding and train American workers. Hanwha Philly Shipyard has received its first orders for U.S.-built, export-ready liquefied natural gas carriers, and plans to expand its workforce from seventeen hundred to over ten thousand. Finnish and Italian companies are also contributing to this effort, with Italys Fincantieri Marinette Marine involved in building naval and commercial vessels. The U.S. has signed a six point one billion dollar agreement with Finland to acquire eleven new icebreaker ships.

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