Joe Biden aims to blunt Trump’s edge with an economic plan of his own
Democratic presidential challenger will unveil policies intended to foster manufacturing and encourage innovation
Washington — Joe Biden will begin rolling out his plan on Thursday to repair the US economy as he seeks to improve his standing with voters on one of the few issues on which he lags President Donald Trump.
Biden will frame the economic argument for the remainder of his campaign with a speech near his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, a place that’s been synonymous with the blue-collar workers who helped Trump win the state in 2016. He will unveil policies intended to foster manufacturing and encourage innovation, adopting ideas from his progressive primary rivals but avoiding the big-ticket proposals such as the Green New Deal...
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