Moving manufacturing to U.S. due to tariffs

[WendyBG]

The purpose of the tariffs (aside from raising money for the government) is to encourage manufacturing to stay in or move to the U.S.

I have a personal interest in G.E. Appliances since I own a G.E. range and microwave and might buy a G.E. dishwasher, washing machine or dryer when my 1987 appliances finally give up the ghost someday. (I actually prefer the simple G.E. appliances to the fancy “smart home” appliances from LG and Samsung because there’s less to go wrong.)

https://www.wsj.com/business/ge-appliances-plans-3-billion-u-s-investment-to-help-blunt-tariffs-e07b1e73?mod=hp_lead_pos5

GE Appliances Plans $3 Billion U.S. Investment to Help Blunt Tariffs

Chinese-owned maker of refrigerators and stoves will add 1,000 jobs across five states

By John Keilman, The Wall Street Journal, 8/13/2025

GE Appliances will invest $3 billion to expand and modernize U.S. factories in South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. ..Helping to blunt the effects of tariffs by reshoring some work now done in China and Mexico… [end quote]

This is a move in the right direction. Though tariffs harm consumers overall at least a few manufacturing workers will get jobs. Time will tell whether the company will keep prices stable or raise them to meet tariffed competition.

Wendy

[captainccs]

@WendyBG

The purpose of the tariffs (aside from raising money for the government) is to encourage manufacturing to stay in or move to the U.S.

Globalization hollowed out manufacturing in America and destroyed many “Dirty jobs” reducing blue collar employment opportunities.

@WendyBG

I have a personal interest in G.E. Appliances since I own a G.E. range and microwave and might buy a G.E. dishwasher, washing machine or dryer when my 1987 appliances finally give up the ghost someday.

I used to have a GE top loader washing machine and dryer that gave excellent service for years. When things started to break I found excellent repair & maintenance GE manuals online. When I could get the parts I could fix it myself. Simple and reliable!

The Captain

[Hawkwin]

@WendyBG

Though tariffs harm consumers overall at least a few manufacturing workers will get jobs.

Ya, we’ve seen this movie before. We will likely get a few manu jobs, and lose a lot more others.

Lessons from the 2002 Bush Steel Tariffs

The effects of higher steel prices, largely a result of the steel tariffs, led to a loss of nearly 200,000 jobs in the steel-consuming sector, a loss larger than the total employment of 187,500 in the steel-producing sector at the time.