New U.S. Tariffs Are Bad News for This Plant in Trump Country
- Company building West Virginia factory, needs some China parts
- Consumer-products giant ‘believes strongly in free trade’
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President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on goods from China could hurt exactly what the tax was intended to encourage in the first place: more manufacturing on U.S. soil.
Procter & Gamble Co. makes about 90% of the products it sells in the U.S. domestically, sourced from its 25 plants across the country. And it’s building its 26th and largest plant yet in Martinsburg, West Virginia. But an application last year to exempt some equipment for the plant from tariffs is still pending.