Harris to unveil new manufacturing plans in ‘pragmatic’ pitch to business community

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce new campaign proposals focused on boosting U.S. manufacturing in a Wednesday speech at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh, according to a senior campaign official.

The proposals are part of a broader effort to frame Harris as a partner, not an antagonist, to the business community, said the official, who was granted anonymity to speak freely about a speech that is not yet public.

Harris’ address will outline a “pragmatic” economic philosophy rooted in capitalism, innovation and an understanding of government’s limitations, rather than one “bound by ideology,” the official said.

The vice president will attempt to present her openness to the private sector as a means of growing the middle class, which has so far been the focal point of her nascent economic platform.