The US President stressed that his administration would not allow America to be relegated to second position in respect to these countries in the clean energy sector jobs.
"Together we're jump-starting a new American clean-energy industry, an industry with the potential to generate perhaps millions of jobs, building wind turbines and solar panels and manufacturing the batteries for the cars of the future... developing clean-coal technology," he said.
"There are other countries that are fighting for those jobs in China and India and in Germany and other parts of Europe. But the US doesn't play for second place. As long as I'm President, I'm going to keep fighting night and day to make sure that we win those jobs," Obama said in his address to the AFL-CIO.
In a stong message to US' competitors Obama said,"(those) who've tried to block our progress at every step of the way is that we are going to rebuild this economy stronger than before. And at the heart of it are going to be three powerful words: Made in America."
Emphasising on importance of manufacturing Obama said, "For generations, manufacturing was the ticket to a better life for the American worker. But as the world became smaller, outsourcing, an easier way to increase profits, a lot of those jobs shifted to low- wage nations."
"We want an economy that rewards once again people who work hard and fulfill their responsibilities, not just people who game the system...As we rebuild our economy, we're going to rebuild America as well," he said.
"Over the last 20 months, bulldozers and backhoes have been working in communities across the country as construction crews from local companies repair roads and bridges, railways and ports. That was part of our plan, and it's put hundreds of thousands of folks to work," he said, adding there is a lot more to do to rebuild US' infrastructure for 21st century.