Current:Home > ScamsTrump wants to lure foreign companies by offering them access to federal land -Elevate Capital Network
Trump wants to lure foreign companies by offering them access to federal land
PredictIQ View
Date:2025-04-09 06:13:13
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to pledge not only to stop U.S. businesses from offshoring jobs, but also to take other countries’ jobs and factories.
Among the ideas he is planning to pitch is luring foreign companies to the U.S. by offering them access to federal land. He teased the plan earlier this month when he proposed a cut to the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, but only for companies that produce in the U.S. His opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, wants to raise it to 28%. The corporate rate had been 35% when he became president in 2017, and he later signed a bill lowering it.
Trump has pressed Harris on the economy and proposed using tariffs on imports and other measures to boost American industry, even as economists warn U.S. consumers would bear the costs of tariffs and other Trump proposals like staging the largest deportation operation in U.S. history.
Up until now, Trump has mostly framed his economic approach with measures to punish companies that take their businesses offshore. But on Tuesday, he is set to reveal incentives for foreign firms to leave other countries and migrate to the U.S. The former president wants to personally recruit foreign companies and to send members of administration to do the same.
A senior Trump adviser shared advance excerpts of Trump’s speech, which the former president could still change.
It is unclear whether foreign companies would be attracted by some of these incentives he says he will adopt if elected to the White House. The former president also had a spotty record in the White House of attracting foreign investment. For example, Trump promised a $10 billion investment by Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn in Wisconsin, creating potentially 13,000 new jobs, that the company never delivered.
It’s also not clear how possible it is for a president to offer these perks to foreign corporations. The Bureau of Land Management has restrictions on foreign entities looking to lease lands. Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to an inquiry Monday night about whether companies from China would be excluded, given his longtime accusations that China is hurting American business.
The Republican presidential nominee is set to go over this plan in Savannah, Georgia, which has one of the busiest ports in the country for cargo shipped in containers.
It is Trump’s first visit in this battleground state stop since a feud between the former president and the Republican Gov. Brian Kemp came to an end last month with the popular Georgia governor finally endorsing Trump.
Some Republicans have said they fear Georgia has gotten more politically competitive in the two months since Vice President Kamala Harris launched her presidential bid after President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection efforts. Harris gave a speech in Atlanta last Friday, calling Trump a threat to women’s freedoms and warning voters he would continue to limit access to abortion if elected president.
Trump’s running mate JD Vance is holding a rally later this week in Georgia as well as paying a visit to Macon.
___
Associated Press writer Jill Colvin in Indiana, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.
veryGood! (69)
Related
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- SAG-AFTRA asks striking actors to avoid certain popular characters as Halloween costumes
- 19 Ghoulishly Good Gift Ideas for Horror Movie Fans
- Basketball Wives' Evelyn Lozada and Fiancé LaVon Lewis Break Up
- A Mississippi company is sentenced for mislabeling cheap seafood as premium local fish
- The Big 3 automakers now have record offers on the table. UAW says they can do more
- Florida man sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for trying to run over 6 Black men
- 'Fighting for her life': NYC woman shoved into subway train, search for suspect underway
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- You won't believe the nutrients packed into this fruit. It's bananas!
Ranking
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- EU discusses Bulgaria’s gas transit tax that has angered Hungary and Serbia
- Cricket in the Olympics? 2028 Games will feature sport for the first time in a century
- Many people struggle with hair loss, but here's what they should know
- Appeals court scraps Nasdaq boardroom diversity rules in latest DEI setback
- High mortgage rates push home sales decline, tracking to hit Great Recession levels
- They fled Russia's war in Ukraine. Now in Israel, they face another conflict.
- Some people love mustard. Is it any good for you?
Recommendation
What to watch: O Jolie night
Watch: Black bear takes casual stroll in Asheville, North Carolina, spooks tourists
Bomb and death threats prompt major Muslim group to move annual banquet
Brazil’s Lula vetoes core part of legislation threatening Indigenous rights
'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
Man gets 13-year sentence for stabbings on Rail Runner train in Albuquerque
2 killed, 2 escape house fire in Reno; 1 firefighter hospitalized
Get $90 Worth of Olaplex Hair Products for Just $63