Whitmer says ‘massive economic uncertainty’ is to blame on semiconductor project failure in Michigan

[Hume]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Plans to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Michigan have fallen through and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that “massive economic uncertainty” is to blame.

Domestic manufacturing is a priority of President Donald Trump’s second administration and the president has leveraged tariffs as a way to incentivize companies to build and stay in America. While Whitmer did not mention Trump by name in her remarks, she pointed the finger at his tariffs that have shaken up the economy periodically this year

Whitmer says 'massive economic uncertainty' is to blame on semiconductor project failure in Michigan

A widely anticipated potential semiconductor project that would have brought a new plant to Michigan has fallen through and Gov.

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[Nordberg]

TACO is hurting companies and investors who want some degree of predictability. Trump governs according to whim.

 

[T. A. Gardner]

Or, closed shop unions, burdensome state regulation, and a regional education system that has gone to shit. After all, that's what did the auto and steel industries in that region in.