Ivanka Trump: Made in Asia
President Trump is seeking to fulfill the “America First” theme of his administration by launching “Made in America” week. Starting on Monday, the White House featured companies and workers making products here at home. The goal is to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
But Trump’s pledge is inconsistent with his family’s own business practices as many Trump products are made overseas, including the clothing line created by his daughter — and White House adviser — Ivanka Trump.
"Her clothes, handbags, and shoes are all made exclusively in foreign factories in Asia right now by low-wage workers who have a limited ability to advocate for themselves," said Matea Gold, a reporter with the Washington Post who wrote about the business practices of Ivanka Trump's company.
"As an apparel brand, as much as they would like to produce here in the United States, it's incredibly difficult to do so on a large-scale fashion," she said. "The reality and nuances of this debate conflict, I think, with some of [Trump's] broader rhetoric about this."
This week on Money Talking, Charlie Herman talks with Matea Gold about what it would take for Trump to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. by looking at his daughter's clothing company.
