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Union clings to GM plant in area where Trump promised jobs

27 Nov 2018; AP: One of the last industrial anchors in what was once Ohio’s manufacturing core is now on life support, just a little over a year after President Donald Trump told people not to leave and promised jobs would return to the area.

General Motors announced Monday it will stop small-car production at its assembly plant near Youngstown and consider closing it for good. Labor union leaders and others behind a campaign to save the plant in Lordstown are holding onto hope that they can persuade the automaker to find another use for the factory.

Trump's tariffs make American farmers anxious as harvest season draws near

by Xinhua writers Yang Shilong, Li Feihu, Chang Yuan

WORTHINGTON, the United States, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- As the harvest season in the U.S. midwestern state of Ohio is approaching, soybean farmers are sitting on pins and needles due to the ongoing tariff battle between the United States and its major trading partners.

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