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Element TV Factory in South Carolina Shuts Down; Tariffs Cited as Reason

posted by martyb on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the tired-of-winning dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Trump's China Tariffs Claim Another Victim: A South Carolina TV Manufacturing Plant:

The tariffs imposed by President Trump have claimed more jobs, this time at a consumer-electronics manufacturing plant in South Carolina.

Element Electronics blamed tariffs on Chinese imports for its decision to shut down its manufacturing facilities in Winnsboro, SC, a town located about 30 miles north of the state's capital. The plant, which makes Element TVs, will maintain a skeleton crew of eight workers, as it hopes the shutdown will be temporary."

The news is especially hard for Winnsboro and its surrounding communities because of recent job losses in the area, including the shuttering of a Walmart store, the closing of a textile mill, and the cancellation of plans to construct two nuclear reactors.

Element notified the state's Department of Employment about its plans, according to Columbia-based The State newspaper, which first reported on the plant's closing. In its notification, Element stated, "The layoff and closure is a result of the new tariffs that were recently and unexpectedly imposed on many goods imported from China, including the key television components used in our assembly operations in Winnsboro."

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:30AM (3 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:30AM (#719227) Homepage Journal

    Folks, it was my great honor to attend the opening of Foxconn's new plant in Wisconsin that will manufacture state of the art LCDs -- adding on average $3.4 billion to the state's economy every single year. And provide jobs for up to 15,000 Wisconsin Workers! Making the LCD Panels, big big part of a television. As Foxconn has discovered, there is no better place to build, hire and grow than right here in the United States! America is open for business and we are competitive once again!!!

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  • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:47AM (2 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Thursday August 09 2018, @03:47AM (#719242)

    Yeah but are we right back in the need-parts-from-China boat again?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @04:50PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09 2018, @04:50PM (#719458)

      Yeah but are we right back in the need-parts-from-China boat again?

      Um ... we can't afford a boat that's made in America, and we can't import Chinese boats anymore. So we're up a creek without ... anything.

      • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Thursday August 09 2018, @05:00PM

        by RS3 (6367) on Thursday August 09 2018, @05:00PM (#719464)

        Oh, great, now you're going to tell me we don't even make the paddles anymore either?