NEW YORK – Under a Donald Trump government, Caterpillar will consider keeping jobs in the US that may have otherwise been shifted abroad, CEO Doug Oberhelman said.
Tax changes and other policies proposed by president-elect Trump would help generate more jobs and it’s “reasonable” to think the economy can grow 3%, Oberhelman said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday. As the world’s biggest maker of machinery for the construction and mining industries, Caterpillar is a bellwether for US manufacturing.