GE Appliances said it will spend nearly $500 million to shift production of washing machines from China to its home base in Louisville, Ky., a move that would create 800 jobs. The manufacturer, owned by China-based Haier Smart Home,

Some of President Donald Trump’s steepest tariffs are on products like washing machines, and on Thursday, GE Appliances said it would spend a half a billion dollars to make even more of them in the United States.