White House spokesman Sean Spicer pushed back Friday in his press briefing against reports that Carrier Corp., the United Technologies US:UTX unit that as president-elect Donald Trump had lionized for keeping a minimum number of jobs in Indiana rather than shipping them to Mexico, in exchange for state assistance, was now embarking on a fresh round of job cuts.

Axios, relying at least in part on information from CNBC, reported Friday that the heating and air-conditioning manufacturer would be laying off 600 workers in Indianapolis next month, effectively moving those manufacturing positions to lower-labor-cost Mexico.