Trump touts truck tariffs at Peterbilt plant in Texas
President Donald Trump told Peterbilt workers in Denton on Thursday that tariffs and regulatory rollbacks are helping reverse years of heavy-truck manufacturing moving outside the U.S. The post Trump touts truck tariffs at Peterbilt plant in Texas appeared first on FreightWaves .
President Donald Trump visited Peterbilt Motors' truck plant in Denton, Texas, on Thursday to promote his tariffs on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks. The tariffs, imposed in November 2025, aim to bring manufacturing and jobs back to the United States. Trump claimed that his trade policies are effective, pointing to the expansion of Peterbilt's North Texas facility, which has added over 1,000 jobs and the administration's claim that PACCAR has added more than 2,000 jobs nationwide since the tariffs took effect.
Trump defended the 25% tariff as an economic tool, emphasizing that American trucking is recovering and that heavy-truck manufacturing has increased by about 31%, reaching record shipments. He also highlighted overall manufacturing employment and wage growth, noting that the U.S. has added 60,000 manufacturing jobs this year and that workers' wages have risen by nearly $4,000 since he took office.
However, critics point to data showing a decline in manufacturing employment, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting a 35,000 job decrease since Trump's inauguration.
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