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“I think it goes against what (Trump) has talked about doing and that’s bringing jobs back to America,” said Durrett, the county mayor and a Republican.Ī week ago I noted Solar Companies Behind Tariff Increases are Foreign-Owned. Trump’s tariffs favor Whirlpool and GE Appliances, now owned by China’s Haier Electronics Group, over a competitor moving production and jobs to Tennessee. Labor statistics show that foreign companies have been the source of the majority of new manufacturing jobs since the 2009 recession.Īmerica First Irony: American Jobs or American Brands manufacturing jobs or just favoring traditional American brands over foreign rivals.

Trump’s decision to impose 20 percent to 50 percent tariffs on washer imports and parts has local officials asking what his “America First” stands for: supporting all U.S. The 310-acre (1.25 square kilometer) site an hour north of Nashville has room for three additional buildings identical to the plant’s $250 million, 600-job first phase.

“It’s like déjà vu for Clarksville, to say ‘how can this be happening twice to us,’” the city’s mayor, Kim McMillan, told Reuters.Īt stake is an appliance manufacturing complex that could eventually employ thousands of workers and which the state of Tennessee and the local community supported with some $23 million in grants. The move threatens to stunt the launch of a new LG Electronics ( 066570.KS) washing machine factory under construction in Clarksville, just four years after the U.S.-China trade fight over solar panels scuttled a nearby $1.2 billion Hemlock Semiconductor polysilicon plant. When President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on imported washing machines last week it was a “Not Again” moment for officials in this north Tennessee city that has lost jobs to an international trade dispute before. Reuters reports Hung Out to Dry Twice, Tennessee City Stumped by Trump’s Washer Tariffs.

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