The Trump administration has now started charging an additional 25 percent tariff on all auto imports as scheduled.
Trump signed the executive order imposing the new import levy in March. It came into force from 1 pm, Thursday, Japan time.
The president has indicated he will also apply the same tariff on key auto parts, including engines, by May 3.
Trump insists that vehicles and parts have been imported at unfairly low prices, causing factories and jobs to flow out of the country. He's suggested the new tariffs will be permanent.
Trump signed the executive order imposing the new import levy in March. It came into force from 1 pm, Thursday, Japan time.
The president has indicated he will also apply the same tariff on key auto parts, including engines, by May 3.
Trump insists that vehicles and parts have been imported at unfairly low prices, causing factories and jobs to flow out of the country. He's suggested the new tariffs will be permanent.
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Trump Administration imposes 25% import tariff on automobiles, effective immediately from Japan time. President plans to extend the same tariff to key auto parts like engines by May 3. The tariffs are in response to allegedly unfairly low-priced imports, causing loss of domestic factories and
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Created: 2025/04/03 19:00
Updated: 2025/12/08 05:06
Last Read: 2025/04/03 19:18