Trump Says Tariffs Pushed Novartis to Expand Operations in US

President Donald Trump said his tariffs spurred Novartis AG to expand its US manufacturing footprint, following a meeting with the Swiss drugmaker’s chief executive Vas Narasimhan at the White House on Wednesday.

Speaking to workers at a steel plant in Rome, Georgia, on Thursday, Trump said Narasimhan told him the company was building new US plants as a result of the president’s tariff policies.