Trump says he'll place 25% tariff on autos from the EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal (apnews.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 01 May 22:53
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Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 01 May 23:06 next collapse

And BMW is the US largest exporter of vehicles. Maybe they will take their production elsewhere.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz on 02 May 06:39 collapse

Why? They produce in the US, they won’t have to pay tariffs AFAIK

Not sure who this will even affect. Most foreign manufacturers selling in the US build those cars in the US.

Enoril@jlai.lu on 02 May 08:22 collapse

Doesn’t these tariffs include also car pieces / materials imported to the US before being used / integrated into the car?

Car being composed from thousands of equipments manufactured outside the US, i can’t see how they can totally avoid US tariffs.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz on 02 May 12:20 collapse

Eh sure, but that also applies to the competition.

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 May 23:16 next collapse

Yeah, the tariffs have really worked wonders so far. Glad we’re replaying last year’s hits.

marv99@feddit.org on 02 May 07:54 collapse

US citizens pay the tariffs and their tax money compensates companies after next court ruling tariffs illegal.
So no worries, none of your tax-robbing billionairs will be harmed.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io on 02 May 01:13 next collapse

Why is this not covered under the SCOTUS decision? Not even going to pretend to comply with the law anymore?

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de on 02 May 03:37 collapse

This time is different. As in literally the time is different. It’s May 2026 now and this is a new illegal order.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works on 02 May 01:43 next collapse

He’s such a 1-trick pony.

brem@lemmy.world on 02 May 01:57 next collapse

I’m pretty sure he has dementia & thus nothing he has done is legal or standing (by law). I’m not a doctor, but I cannot allow his decisions to be declared sane.

Aside from it all being against everything a president is allowed to/ supposed to do, it is also very wet-brained.

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 02 May 02:05 next collapse

I’d imagine this has more to do with European automakers starting to go hard into Electric cars and those cars being significantly better than ‘Teslers’

BYD, etc are still tariffed to be moon in USA, so European is the next best thing.

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world on 02 May 03:09 next collapse

Is the trade deal with us now?

Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml on 02 May 09:55 collapse

Why don’t they just stick him in some back room with a stack of fake trade deal documents to sign?