Trump Called Out Carrier for Moving A.C. Business to Mexico.
SCIUTTO: In this week's "American Opportunity," we head to Indiana where Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, made headlines when he called out the air-conditioning manufacturer, Carrier, for its plans to close its Indianapolis plant and ship those jobs to Mexico. Cristina Alesci looks deeper into why the company is leaving, and where workers fall on the issue.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CARRIER REPRESENTATIVE: It became clear that the best way to stay competitive and protect the business for long term is to move production from our facility in Indianapolis to Monterrey, Mexico.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CARRIER EMPLOYEE: They are taking our livelihoods away. Just shock. Shock and awe. And confusion. Upset. I've been there 14 jeers.</s>CHRISTINA ALESCI, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): T.J. works for Carrier, which makes heating and cooling equipment. The company announced it was moving jobs to Mexico where minimum wage is about $4 a day.</s>CHUCK JONES, PRESIDENT, UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL, 1999: The trade bill that is directly influenced on this Carrier move is NAFTA, which was put in by President Bill Clinton.</s>ALESCI: Why do you think Carrier made the decision now?</s>JONES: The shareholders were having a hard time with the profits that they were getting.</s>ALESCI: This is all driven by what?</s>JONES: Corporate agreed and unfair trade.</s>ALESCI (voice-over): Let's take those one at a time. First, unfair trade. A rallying cry of Donald Trump's campaign.</s>DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The single worst trade deal ever done. It's called</s>NAFTA. ALESCI: Business researcher, Carol Rogers, says it's not that simple. (on camera): Can we change the free trade agreement?</s>CAROL ROGERS, BUSINESS RESEARCHER: I don't think so. That's cutting off your knows despite your face because we are going to be able to sell our stuff out the United States.</s>ALESCI: So Donald Trump is wrong?</s>ROGERS: I think so, yes.</s>ALESCI (voice-over): She's points to the numbers. Exports from Indiana have doubled in 20 years, even when adjusting for inflation. That's more than 10 percent of the state's economy. Plus, all the jobs the exports support. Indiana's biggest customers, Canada and Mexico. Free trade advocates argue that you want to be selling to billions of people around the world, not just the 320 million customers in the</s>U.S. JENNIFER RUMSEY, EXECUTIVE: International business is actually an important part of American businesses being successful.</s>ALESCI: Jennifer Rumsy is an executive Cummins, a major manufacturer and employer in the state.</s>DARREN WILDMAN, SEYMOUR CUMMINS PLANT MANAGER: Labor is only one element of any manufacturing cost. What is your quality, what is your efficiency rate? We can't compete with that hourly rate. No point suggesting that we could.</s>ALESCI: Bottom line, America has to be innovative. The country can't compete on wages alone. That means giving up certain jobs. The benefit should be cheaper goods.</s>JONES: I haven't seen where it makes the goods cheaper. The companies are making more profit.</s>ALESCI: So is it the trade deals or corporate greed that's behind Carrier's moving jobs to Mexico? The business unit that includes Carrier had an operating profit of must under $3 billion in 2015. And when "CNN Money" asked Carrier about the move, the company provided this statement: "We must continue to protect our business in a relentless competitive global marketplace." And to soften the blow, the company plans to present a slew of retraining and education opportunities for the workers losing their jobs. Chuck isn't convinced.</s>JONES: What they ain't telling you is some of the qualifications on some of the jobs they are creating is you have to be able to say, "Do you want french fries with that."</s>ALESCI: And that's what a lot of this comes down too, wages. How will working people in America make more money? And how does America ensure that everyone gets some benefit out of globalization?</s>UNIDENTIFIED CARRIER EMPLOYEE: When we vote, when we go out and vote, we have to vote for our jobs.</s>JONES: People get caught up on issues, guns, God, and gays.</s>TRUMP: Believing in God, so important.</s>ALESCI: These guys are voting with their wallets.</s>UNIDENTIFIED CARRIER EMPLOYEE: He said I'm going to do this, I'm going to do that. You didn't really tell me how. I mean, you say all this stuff about jobs. But I mean, this guy is an entertainer. He is a clown.</s>ALESCI: Cristina Alesci, "CNN Money," Indianapolis.</s>SCIUTTO: Good look into a big issue in this election. Donald Trump also in the middle another Twitter controversy. Coming up, the backlash to his tweets today about the shooting death of Dwyane Wade's cousin, Nykea Aldridge in Chicago. Plus, we are also watching for Donald Trump to speak at a rally in Iowa. You are live in the CNN NEWSROOM.