Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 47

Stop companies from moving jobs overseas

Never delivered
“[paraphrase] There will be consequences: companies that leave and lay off workers will face a 35 percent tariff on what they send back.”
Promised
, Trade policy speech, Monessen, Pennsylvania
Re-promised
25 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Economy & prices
Era
2016 campaign

What happened

No 35 percent tariff on offshoring companies was imposed, and the End the Offshoring Act promised in the Gettysburg contract was never introduced. Labor Department data on trade-related layoffs showed offshoring continued, including by companies Trump had singled out.

Sources

  1. Trump's 40 Biggest Broken Promises The American Prospect, Aug 27, 2020
  2. Checking in on Trump's 'Contract With the American Voter' Washington Monthly, Mar 17, 2017