The president of the United States, Donald Trump, He announced Wednesday that he will impose A 25% tariff to «all cars not manufactured» in the country. Specifically, the measure will affect «cars and light trucks of foreign manufacturing.» Meanwhile, companies that manufacture their vehicles within US borders should not face «Absolutely no tariff«Trump considers that This measure could help grow American vehicle manufacturersand also believes that it will cause national companies to lead to the country the processes they currently develop in other places. In this sense, he stressed that the manufacture «is returning» to the US since the beginning of his mandate. «Businesses are returning to the US, because They do not have to pay tariffsand also for the elections of November 5, they are happy, «he said. Meanwhile, Trump continues to define the structure of his announced reciprocal tariffs, which They will go into force within a week, on April 2, to which he has referred as the «Day of the Liberation of America». On this measure, all the details are not known, and in his last intervention, the president said that these rates «will probably be more indulgent than reciprocal.» These cars tariffs They will especially affect the companies of Japan, Germany and South Koreathat export much of their cars to the US. However, analysts point out that the imposition of tariffs of these characteristics can have an adverse effect on US companies, when their supply chain was affected, which It also depends on other countries such as Mexico and Canada.
The president already approved at the beginning of the month a Exemption to car tariffs for Mexico and Canada After meeting with three of the main manufacturers operating in the country, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis. However, this extension concludes next week. Ig analysts say that «tariffs seem to return to the agenda, since The Trump administration seeks to leave the Atlantic filtration disaster behind» putting the Dax, the Dow and the S&P 500 in a disadvantage position. Investors are still very concerned about the possibility that US actions suffer from another fall, which will probably drag with them the rest of the world, «they conclude.
