Trump Trade Policy Threatens Tennessee Plant
New trade measures aimed at protecting the US chip supply chain have left a Tennessee polysilicon factory facing potential closure. Wacker Chemie is evaluating the facility's future as critics warn the policy fails to support domestic producers against foreign competition.
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WACKER CHEMIE AG faces a potential closure of its Charleston, Tennessee facility employing 600 workers after trade measures drove away two key customers. The dilemma threatens the United States push to safeguard its domestic semiconductor supply chain from China supremacy. The plant's fate highlights unintended fallout from White House trade policies designed to shield local manufacturers.
