TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House kicked off ‘Made in America Week’ on Monday [7-17-17] and it didn’t take long for the administration to come under fire for criticism that products made by President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump’s eponymous brands are made elsewhere.
The first daughter, who serves as a White House adviser, took a formal leave of absence from the brand in January, but kept her ownership stake and moved the assets into a trust. The President transferred his business holdings into a trust run by his sons, and did not sell his stake.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that while President Donald Trump is looking to create an environment to make more products domestically through tax and regulatory reform, he conceded that ‘Made in America’ may not be achievable for all industries…
A recent Washington Post report found that Ivanka Trump’s brand of apparel and accessories are made exclusively overseas in countries such as Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Bangladesh. Abigail Klem, who took over as brand president, told The Post that, although the brand is looking for ways to make some goods in the US, ‘to do it at a large scale is currently not possible.’
‘The workers no longer exist here or only in very small, small capacity; the machinery in many instances does not exist here,’ Klem said. ‘It is a very complex problem.’ “
-Betsy Klein, “White House defends Ivanka Trump brand during ‘Made in America’ Week,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 17, 2017 04:55pm