Oh no, people wont be able to buy oversized terrible trucks anymore. How terrible for all of us.
Trump accidentally doing the greatest anti-car action a president has ever done in the U.S? Broken clock etc
“Let’s be real honest: Long term, a 25% tariff across the Mexico and Canada borders would blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we’ve never seen,” Farley said. “Frankly, it gives free rein to South Korean, Japanese and European companies that are bringing 1.5 million to 2 million vehicles into the U.S. that wouldn’t be subject to those Mexican and Canadian tariffs. It would be one of the biggest windfalls for those companies ever.”
So is he arguing for additional tariffs on those countries (which wouldn’t surprise me since he’s a Trump supporting shitstain) Or is he arguing for not doing the tariffs?
He’s trying to thread the needle. He owes a duty to his employer and stockholders, but he wants to benefit from the fascist coup.
This - you can see on his face, that this is stressing him more than expected.
He’s arguing against the tariffs.
Detroit essentially exists in both the US and Canada. The Detroit automakers have factories on both sides of the border but within the same region. So a Canada tariff war will always disadvantage them.
That said, the f-150, Ford’s most popular vehicle by far, has only 45% US/Canadian origin parts.
On the ranking of vehicle models by how much of the vehicles construction is domestic, Ford’s highest entry is #35 with the mustang, the F-150 comes in at #58. The “American auto makers” are all produced in America less than Tesla, Honda, VW, and Toyota. Tariffs can’t save American auto makers, because they are less american than their German, and Japanese competitors. Tesla is the only “true American” brand, but they aren’t viable as a major auto maker for a variety of reasons.
comedians back in the ’90s were making jokes about “Which is more American: Fords built in Mexico or Toyotas built in California?”
This article is over one month old. No much has happened since then, including Trump’s newest tarrifs against all foreign autos.
