I've done so much for you, we won’t forget: Trump's tirade against Harley-Davidson
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Harley-Davidson has only three manufacturing outside the US in Thailand, Brazil and India.
President Trump continued to attack US motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson for moving some of its manufacturing from the country, declaring "we won’t forget, and neither will your customers or your now very happy competitors!
Harley-Davidson had announced recently that the company would be moving some its manufacturing out of its plant in the US after it was hit by retaliatory EU tariffs, as result of Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on European steel and aluminium.
The President had earlier tweeted saying he was "surprised" with the decision of the US motorcycle company to shift jobs outside and had declared he had repeatedly "supported" the iconic company.
"Harley-Davidson should stay 100 per cent in America, with the people that got you your success," Trump tweeted on Wednesday, adding,"other companies are coming back where they belong!"
The President reiterated his message again, saying: "Harley-Davidson should stay 100% in America, with the people that got you your success. I’ve done so much for you, and then this."
Harley-Davidson has only three manufacturing outside the US in Thailand, Brazil and India with reports indicating that it may move some its manufacturing to its Gurgaon plant, a suburb in New Delhi.
Trump had earlier attacked the Modi government over India imposing heavy tariffs on Harley motorcycle asserting: "I was the one that explained to Harley about "100 per cent tax" in India... And I got it down to a much lower number... Which is, I think, 50 per cent, which is far too much, but they were paying 100 per cent. Prime Minister Modi brought it down, but it's still way too much"
On Monday, Harley-Davidson in its US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing had said that new retaliatory tariffs by the European Union (an increase from six per cent to 31 per cent) will result in an incremental cost of approximately $2,200 on an average motorcycle exported from the US to the 28-member trading bloc.