After all, Tariffs don’t work…..right?
GE “Reshores” washer and dryer production, spending 490 million and creating 800 jobs.
Remember, GE Appliances is Chinese owned.
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Tariffs can nudge a move, but they’re not the reason GE’s investing $490M in Kentucky. That groundwork was laid with Kentucky tax incentives back in 2014 and steady expansions over several years. Feels a little like someone showing up at the ribbon-cutting and saying ‘You’re welcome.‘
I am gonna ask you to back that up with some documentation, else it is as invalid a statement as you claim my interpretation is.
I find it oddly coincidental that it suddenly happened after the tariffs if it was started due to legislation begun 7 or more years ago.
You stated it, back it up.
You asked for documentation to support my statement that GE Appliances’ $490 million laundry plant investment in Louisville was years in the making — well before the most recent round of tariffs. Fair ask. Here’s what the record shows:
A Timeline of GE’s Long-Term Commitment to Louisville
2014 – Kentucky lays the groundwork
The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) approved up to $40 million in tax incentives for GE Appliances, tied to a $277 million investment and the retention of over 5,200 jobs at Appliance Park in Louisville.
Source: Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
2018 – GE ramps up investment
GE announced over $200 million in upgrades, including expansion of laundry and dishwasher lines. This was the first public signal of a renewed focus on Appliance Park manufacturing — still before recent tariff rounds.
Source: WMKY.org – 2018 report
2021 – Bigger expansion, more incentives
GE committed $450 million more to modernize its Louisville operations. This came with an enhanced $80 million incentive deal from the state and job commitments totaling 7,100 workers.
Source: GE Pressroom
2025 – $490 million laundry plant reshoring
Only after years of tax incentives, engineering redesign, and expanded capacity did GE announce the $490 million move of laundry production from China back to Kentucky. This was not-some overnight reaction.
and that’s my point: They talked big, but didn’t pull the trigger until the tariffs made it an economic necessity.
At the end of it, you can claim it was the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (and maybe it was, we will likely never know) but it wasn’t until the Trump Tariffs started that they decided to actually do the investment and reshoring. Before then it was just hot air and press releases.
I was hoping for more than what anyone could find in a Google search.Maybe an actual smoking gun rather than a bunch of general press releases and coincidence. But that’s the way you roll, innit? Lots of words, but very little substance.
Interesting…