WASHINGTON — New federal manufacturing and clean energy incentives that reward companies for locating in the United States have lit a fire under European companies, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told The Detroit News on Wednesday.
Whitmer is visiting Norway and Switzerland this week to woo businesses to come to Michigan and to participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos. The trip comes as European Union leaders, as well as other key allies Japan and South Korea, fume over generous U.S. subsidies they say unfairly discriminate against their companies.
"We've gotten some feedback from European companies who are glad the United States is back in the game, but also their competitive spirit is coming out — they're not really keen on competition," the Democratic governor said in a phone interview.
