Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said that voters will see a "mass exodus of manufacturing" to America from South Korea, China and other countries if they vote for him in November, as he stepped up efforts to court swing voters in a battleground state.
Trump made the remarks during a campaign speech on tax policy in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday, as various polls have shown the former president and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in a tight race with the general election less than six weeks away, reports Yonhap news agency.
"Vote for Trump, and you will see a mass exodus of manufacturing from China to Pennsylvania, from Korea to North Carolina, from Germany to right here in Georgia, " he said. "They're going to come to Georgia from Germany and other places."
Trump also said that if reelected, he would task a "manufacturing" ambassador with carrying out "pro-manufacturing" policies.
"I will appoint a manufacturing ambassador whose sole task -- and it'll be a great one -- will be to go around the world and convince major manufacturers to pack up and move back to America, " he said.
He mounted an attack on Harris, calling her a "tax queen" and accusing her of seeking the "largest capital gains tax" in the history of America.
"It's called an unrealised capital gain. That means that you're going to pay a capital gain even if you haven't realised it, " he said.
Policymakers from South Korea and other countries have been carefully watching presidential candidates' remarks on the campaign trail as a presidential transition in Washington might affect America's policy on trade, diplomacy and other areas.