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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Trump's tariffs aren't saving jobs at Whirlpool's Iowa refrigerator plant

AMANA, Iowa, - If any company stood to gain from President Donald Trump's trade war, it was Whirlpool and the workers assembling its ​iconic appliances in Iowa.

But at its "Big Blue" refrigerator plant, so named because of its robin's-egg-colored siding, the company has cut ​more than half its nearly 2,000-strong workforce in the last year, despite tariffs championed by Trump to support U.S. manufacturing.

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