U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown wants to re-introduce legislation that would create a level playing field for American manufacturing by eliminating currency manipulation by large trading partners like China.

Brown, in a conference call with reporters on Thursday, cited a new report from the Economic Policy Institute that cites trade deficit reduction as a key step for improving job growth in the United States. In addition to addressing currency manipulation, the report calls for “a series of coordinated manufacturing policies” on the federal level.