The Briefing Room
General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: ABX on May 08, 2018, 04:35:35 pm
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President Trump likes to keep negotiating partners on their toes. But workers like Charles Cesmat have been just as unnerved by the president’s recent moves on trade.
Mr. Cesmat is a parts manager at a Boeing plant in Renton, Wash., just south of Seattle. One of every four planes Boeing assembles is sent to China. Each time Mr. Trump attacks Beijing on Twitter, or announces a new set of tariffs, Mr. Cesmat winces.
“I’m concerned a potential trade war could affect work for our members and work for me,†Mr. Cesmat said. “Thousands of people’s jobs rely on a working relationship with China.â€.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/business/economy/tariffs-boeing-house.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/business/economy/tariffs-boeing-house.html)