If you build it here, your business can ignore the tariff fights.
It’s a frequent refrain of President Donald Trump’s administration as the president attempts to reset the trade equation with the rest of the world: that businesses can avoid the ravages of his shifting tariff policies by simply making their products in the United States.
Indeed, on Friday, the Trump administration issued a long list of companies who have apparently made promises to aid in the “reshoring American industry” as proof the president’s trade policies are working to solve the longstanding problem of the nation’s shrinking manufacturing base.
“The loss of American industry means we struggle to build ships, medicine, and other essential goods,” the White House wrote, declaring the situation a “national security emergency.” Not taking action, according to the Trump Administration, would be tantamount to mental illness.
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