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.