By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNNNew York (CNN) — The US has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs over the last year. At the Amana plant, the hope of a stable future building appliances in the town that introduced America’s first side-by-side refrigerator is dimming. “You have generations working at the Amana plant. The US economy has shed more than 7.5 million manufacturing jobs since a peak in 1979, driven by global competition, automation and exchange rates. “I don’t understand how that reconciles with opening up more in Mexico.”Whirlpool supports Trump’s planWhirlpool, which also owns the KitchenAid, Maytag and Amana brands, supports Trump’s tariffs.

Source: CNN March 19, 2026 23:16 UTC