Trump warns John Deere of tariffs if manufacturing moves to Mexico: Report

Former President Donald Trump has said he will place a 200% tariff on John Deere products imported into the US if the company makes good on previously announced plans to move some production to Mexico, according to a report in Reuters.

At an event in Pennsylvania, Trump reportedly said if the company follows through with shifting manufacturing to Mexico and he is again elected US president, “We are putting a 200% tariff on everything that you want to sell into the United States.”

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Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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