Thursday, April 06, 2017 6:15:40 PM
Trump’s Made in America Slogan Doesn’t Fit Ivanka’s Clothing Line
News
Apr 6 2017, 11:17 am ET
by John W. Schoen, Anna R. Schecter, Tom Winter and Kenzi Abou-Sabe
Despite President Donald Trump's calls for American companies to manufacture their products in the U.S., shipments of his daughter's branded, Chinese-made dresses have continued to land on U.S. shores since he took office, documents reviewed by NBC News show.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a lot to talk about during their first meeting Thursday, including the Trump's allegations of Chinese currency manipulation and the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to Beijing's "unfair" trade practices.
"We can't continue to allow China to rape our country," Trump told his cheering supporters last year on the campaign trail in Indiana. "There are no jobs because China has our jobs.
Some of those jobs are apparently still filled by Chinese workers assembling dresses for a licensee of Ivanka Trump's namesake clothing line.
Since Election Day, the apparel brand run by Trump's daughter has imported 56 shipments of Ivanka Trump products from China and Singapore, part of a total of 215 shipments from Asia since Jan. 1, 2016.
America First
In his inaugural address, Trump promised that "from this moment on, it's going to be America first."
Invoking images of shuttered factories, Trump vowed to bring back jobs by applying "two simple rules: Buy American and hire American."
Shortly after taking office, Trump singled out individual U.S. manufacturers, including Carrier and the big three carmakers, for closing domestic plants and expanding production in Mexico.
On Tuesday, at a White House meeting with business leaders, Trump claimed credit for reversing the tide of jobs moving out of the country.
"If you look at what's happened with Ford and with General Motors and with Fiat-Chrysler and so many other car companies, you see what they're doing back in Michigan and Ohio — they were leaving. They were going to Mexico and many other places," Trump said. "They're now staying here."
But despite Trump's "America First" rhetoric, his daughter's name is on a clothing line manufactured overseas.
Shipments of Ivanka-branded clothing headed for the U.S. included handbags; knitted dresses and pullovers; woven dresses and blouses; among other items, according to U.S. Customs data provided by the research firm Panjiva to NBC News. The 56 shipments made since Nov. 8 hailed from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
NBC News traced 53 of the 56 shipments to Chinese ports and three to Singapore.
Given the long lead times in the retail business, it's possible that no new orders have been placed since Trump became president.
Ivanka's 'charm offensive'
The Trump family's wider business ties to China have been well-documented.
[...]
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-s-made-america-slogan-doesn-t-fit-ivanka-s-n743056
News
Apr 6 2017, 11:17 am ET
by John W. Schoen, Anna R. Schecter, Tom Winter and Kenzi Abou-Sabe
Despite President Donald Trump's calls for American companies to manufacture their products in the U.S., shipments of his daughter's branded, Chinese-made dresses have continued to land on U.S. shores since he took office, documents reviewed by NBC News show.
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a lot to talk about during their first meeting Thursday, including the Trump's allegations of Chinese currency manipulation and the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to Beijing's "unfair" trade practices.
"We can't continue to allow China to rape our country," Trump told his cheering supporters last year on the campaign trail in Indiana. "There are no jobs because China has our jobs.
Some of those jobs are apparently still filled by Chinese workers assembling dresses for a licensee of Ivanka Trump's namesake clothing line.
Since Election Day, the apparel brand run by Trump's daughter has imported 56 shipments of Ivanka Trump products from China and Singapore, part of a total of 215 shipments from Asia since Jan. 1, 2016.
America First
In his inaugural address, Trump promised that "from this moment on, it's going to be America first."
Invoking images of shuttered factories, Trump vowed to bring back jobs by applying "two simple rules: Buy American and hire American."
Shortly after taking office, Trump singled out individual U.S. manufacturers, including Carrier and the big three carmakers, for closing domestic plants and expanding production in Mexico.
On Tuesday, at a White House meeting with business leaders, Trump claimed credit for reversing the tide of jobs moving out of the country.
"If you look at what's happened with Ford and with General Motors and with Fiat-Chrysler and so many other car companies, you see what they're doing back in Michigan and Ohio — they were leaving. They were going to Mexico and many other places," Trump said. "They're now staying here."
But despite Trump's "America First" rhetoric, his daughter's name is on a clothing line manufactured overseas.
Shipments of Ivanka-branded clothing headed for the U.S. included handbags; knitted dresses and pullovers; woven dresses and blouses; among other items, according to U.S. Customs data provided by the research firm Panjiva to NBC News. The 56 shipments made since Nov. 8 hailed from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
NBC News traced 53 of the 56 shipments to Chinese ports and three to Singapore.
Given the long lead times in the retail business, it's possible that no new orders have been placed since Trump became president.
Ivanka's 'charm offensive'
The Trump family's wider business ties to China have been well-documented.
[...]
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-s-made-america-slogan-doesn-t-fit-ivanka-s-n743056
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