It will be interesting to see if and how Trump gets his Tariffs in place... way way way too many establishment republicans are sitting in seats that will fight this...
Public is going to have to rise up to make this happen, Trump can’t do this alone.
Better than Tariffs would be to get domestic energy down so that the cost of production is let in the US...that fixes the problem long term.
Cutting corporate tax rates can have an effect similar to that of tariffs but without the "trade war" issues.
There is an important point totally unknown here on Free Republic.
The small cars in question don’t sell well in America. If they don’t sell now, they certainly won’t sell with a tariff.
Mexico has an extremely large auto manufacturing capability and it is directed towards exports of small inexpensive cars where ever there is a demand. These cars could not be built in the USA and sold on the world market. General Motors is actually late to the game pioneered by the Europeans and Asians. There is not only manufacturing ability but marine shipping infrastructure
The decision reflects the fact that the world market for these cars yields greater profit than the USA.
I don't need tarriffs to know that buying American, and creating tax payers to pay for our infrastructure, military, and space program is a better deal in the long run than buying foreign and creating foreign tax payers to pay into another country's infrastructure, military, and space program.