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No matter what, if this merger is approved, there will be one clear winner.

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That's all for today, Thursday, March 5th.

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One of President Trump's top economic priorities has long been to have more stuff made in America.

Our colleague Gavin Bade has been following that effort.

And you're usually reporting from here in Washington, D.C.

What brought you to Ohio?

The company Gavin talked to is called Vitro.

Vitro is a multinational glass company with plants all over the U.S., including a crucial auto glass factory outside Columbus, Ohio.

And Gavin says that recently, that factory has been facing a crisis.

That rival is called Fuyao.

It's a huge player in the global glassmaking industry.

And when Fuyao set up shop in Ohio, it quickly started to out-compete Vitro.

What you're describing sounds like Chinese company moves into an American manufacturing town, starts its own factory, and outdoes the factory that's been there for much longer.

It's not great for Vitro in this case, but isn't that just how competition works?