Details of Carrier deal matter
He’d grown used to this suspense.
The figure Trump touted, WTHR wrote, may have been because he “was including 350 research and development jobs that were never going to move to Mexico in the first place”.
United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes speaks at Carrier Corp Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Indianapolis.
We don’t yet know what Trump said to Hayes, but it may have had something to do with federal contracts that his company gets that are worth billions of dollars or a threat of imposing stiffer taxes on its foreign-made products.
But in the interview, Mr Hayes said Mr Trump did not make threats in negotiations over the plant’s future or raise the company’s U.S. military contracts.
Despite Trump’s campaign promises about keeping good-paying manufacturing jobs in this country, in companies are still deciding to leave the state.
But shortly after he appeared on CNN’s “Erin Burnett Out Front” program Wednesday night, the president-elect appeared to blame union leaders like Jones for companies leaving the U.S. However, the new president encouraged the air-conditioning company to stay with promises of tax incentives and incentives.
“Trump and [Vice President-elect Mike] Pence, they pulled a dog and pony show on the numbers”, Jones, Hillary Clinton supporter, told the Washington Post. “I nearly threw up in my mouth”, he added.
Spokespeople for Trump did not respond to the Post’s request for comment.
The terms of the deal, the Wall Street Journal reported, are that in “exchange for $7 million in [Indiana] tax breaks, Carrier will invest $16 million in its facilities in the state”. United Technologies still plans to move more than 1,000 positions to Mexico.
But, the conundrum remains: Automation/mechanization have cost many US manufacturing jobs, not necessarily just exporting those jobs to Mexico, China, or even poorer countries.
Pence further said there had “been great tension between India and Pakistan in recent days”. Ryan told reporters on the day of Trump’s announcement. The company, which owns a plant about a mile from Carrier’s furnace factory, is planning to lay off 300 workers and close the factory next year. The real number is 800. However, Donald Trump’s opinions are not facts. I was actually in the room when he called him.
Asked if Trump’s transition team is using the expertise of the state department’s foreign service professionals and following protocol and worldwide norms for phone calls with key world leaders, Pence said he and Trump were receiving “presidential daily briefs” and formal briefings on national security. “One hundred percent – that’s what is going to happen”.