Trump threatens John Deere with 200% tariff if moves production to Mexico

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Trump threatens John Deere with 200% tariff if moves production to Mexico

*********** presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at a farm, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Smithton, Pa.

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Former President Donald Trump on Monday threatened John Deere with a 200% tariff if the agricultural manufacturer moves production to factories in Mexico.

“They’ve announced a few days ago that they’re going to move a lot of their manufacturing business to Mexico,” the *********** nominee said at a policy roundtable in Smithton, Pa., hosted by the Protecting America Initiative.

“I’m just notifying John Deere right now: If you do that, we’re putting a 200% tariff on everything that you want to sell into the ******* States,” said Trump, who has made tariffs a key focus of his campaign’s economic policy.

John Deere has

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that it plans to shift production of some of its models to Mexico, a move that has

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at facilities in Iowa.

“It’s hurting our farmers. It’s hurting our manufacturing,” Trump said Monday.

Reached by CNBC for comment, John Deere pointed to a page of its

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titled “John Deere’s Commitment To U.S. Manufacturing,” where it touts its investments in ********* factories and workers.

The page also states that, “In order to position our U.S. factories to undertake these highly value-additive activities it is sometimes necessary to move less complex operations, such as cab assembly, to other locations.”

Monday appeared to be the first time Trump had singled out John Deere. The ex-president’s also comments appeared to be off the cuff, prompted only by the John Deere tractors that were set up as the backdrop of the event.

As of 6 p.m. ET, shares of Deere were down 1.7% in after hours trading after Trump made the threat shortly after Monday’s closing bell.

The former president also made similar threats Monday to automakers that manufacture cars in Mexico.

“We’re going to put big tariffs on those cars that are coming in here at 100 to 200%, and they’re no longer going to be competitive,” he said, “so you better stay in Michigan.”

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