Posted on 11/20/2025 9:31:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
President Trump is a genius. He’s the first POTUS in many of our lifetimes who puts America First!!
All of the reasons GE cited to reshore production to the USA existed when GE first decided to send appliance production to China. But they sent production to China anyway. It took GE 30 years to figure it out.
1. shorter lead times
2. reduced transportation costs
3. closer coordination with suppliers
4. reduced risk of volatile shipping rates
5. reduced risk of supply disruptions
6. reduced risk of geopolitical tensions
7. higher labor costs
High tariffs are new thanks to President Trump.
good. now stop making junk, GE, and return to your quality roots.
That’s only part of the problem:
Economy-wide, the freakin ‘green’ BS has basically abolished the used of PE and styrofoam packing material, leading to skyrocketing rates of shipping damage. Given their new awakening, I wonder if GE will abandon the green religion in favor of their products actually being delivered undamaged...
GM is also getting production out of China. They have notified their suppliers. It will take years.
Oh. Wait. This just in. Those losers did nothing to bring these jobs to Kentucky. Their perfect record of worthlessness remains intact.
Hopefully they'll have the decency to stay away from the ribbon cutting ceremony.
“GE Appliances is owned by China based Haier.”
That’s sad to hear.
Wishful thinking for quality built, simple design washers and dryers without fancy garage electronics that try to do too much and parts that aren’t redesigned every year?
That is a most awkward way to designate dollars in an English language article. The conventional way has always been:
The new contracts range from $330,000 to $41 million each...
No one spells out the word "dollars" after a numerical designation. Was this article created on a defective word processing system? If it wasn't, then why the hell is every way we normally do things in America suddenly being turned on its head? I've seen it before.
F'n idiots. Like this is some kind of generational way to spit in your face if you are pro-capitalist.
Nice solid move with broad implications for steady jobs.
yes. ones that last 20+ years like they used to, that you can hire someone to repair, and no internet of things surveillance, tracking your outrageous energy usage too.
In the meantime, I've seen advances in the use of wood products in packaging, which is a great thing toward putting money into forestry where it's badly needed.
I voted for this.
I’ve said for a long time that DC/K Street and Wall Street sold out Main Street for China for the last 30 years. This is a sign we’re reeling that crap in.
I replace my 3 year old LG refrigerator which kept breaking down with a GE refrigerator. So far it works fine with the exception of a circulating fan which keeps going off kilter and makes a racket. A sharp knock on the back wall of the freezer temporarily solves this issue. Next up, I will get a Samsung.
lol. we always try to go American. but that means buying used and fixing/restoring it myself.
for what it’s worth, when we’ve had to get something new, we’ve gone miele or bosche.
how long before the unions screw it all up?
General Electric sold the GE Appliances brand to “Haier”/China/CCP in 2016:
https://pressroom.geappliances.com/news/ge-completes-sale-of-appliances-business-to-haier
GE: the first and last letters of the word “GarbagE”
“ good. now stop making junk, GE, and return to your quality roots.”
Exactly my response! GE was a reliable brand long ago before moving to China and became the worse garbage you could buy. Perhaps quality will return to GE products but I won’t hold my breath because my guess is they will only be assembled in the USA with parts coming from China. That is a sneaky way to try and get around the tariffs.
Other brands like Maytag also try to give the impression that they are made in the USA when they are only ASSEMBLED in the USA with parts sourced from other counties like China.
they are doing it because they have to not because of the kindness of their hearts or patriotism, that’s the disturbing part of it
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