President Donald Trump walks up the steps the steps of Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Susan Walsh/AP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a campaign stop Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Walterboro, S.C. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign stop Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Walterboro, S.C. His North Charleston visit comes one year to the day after then-candidate Trump blasted Boeing for its plans to build a manufacturing facility in China.
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There’s little evidence that Trump’s Carrier-style deals will work long-term
In late November, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had reached a deal with Carrier to keep about 800 manufacturing jobs in Indiana from moving to Mexico. After the announcement, we learned that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation would give US$7 million in tax credits and grants to Carrier’s parent company in exchange for keeping the jobs in the state.