"Advocating" isn't necessarily just praising their team.
Managers end up in rooms that their reports don't, so the manager needs to effectively represent the team's interests in those forums.
For example, if a manager is in a project allocation meeting and sees a project that would help their reports reach their career goals, the manager should be "advocating" for the project to be assigned to their team.
It didn’t say that it was the same price?
Customers want them produced in the US, so will probs pay extra for it. Especially given that politically it’s a good look for them