President Trump’s new 25% tariffs on imported cars have been delayed for a long time.
To give the president time to adjust the market, I’m considering Temporary exemption. However, the media is still in full meltdown mode. “Consumers can pay more per vehicle!” screamas if that would resolve the argument. Now, boohee. Maybe someone should have raised that concern when Europe was slapping huge tariffs on our cars and flooding our market with theirs. Or, when carmakers quietly begin to strip basic safety features, Americans are dependent.
2024, European Union It sold The US worth $43.9 billion in cars, while US car sales totaled less than $9 billion to Europe. Consumer preferences can explain some of the gaps, but not all. Before Trump took action, the US imposed a tariff of just 2.5% on European cars, compared to the EU’s 10% tariff on American cars.
And I love Brussels and their corporate partners. lecture We talk about the need for stronger vehicle safety standards, even as some European Union officials plan to maintain stricter policies on these inflated standards in their tariff talks with President Trump, their actions tell a different story.
For example, European manufacturers are systematically removing AM radios from new vehicles. Repeated pleas from police departments, first responders, and emergency staff in the United States.
Whether it’s a hurricane, wildfire, or terrorist attack, AM is the only reliable way to broadcast emergency warnings as the power towers drop quickly. Therefore, the government has made AM radio the number one source of information powered by the national public warning system. However, the automakers don’t care. They rather force consumers to use infotainment devices – it Collect and sell Their third party data – rather than protecting America’s lives.
Trump’s Federal Communications Commission has all Vehicle Law AM Radio push It’s part of the same big message that customs duties are designed to send. While undermining America’s economic interests and public safety, you cannot sell products here. If you want to access our market, you can get it on our terms.
Trump’s new tariffs are not about sticker prices for the next quarter, but about long-term leverage. It’s about fairness. And it’s about reshaping the equipped system that has been bleeding American workers and manufacturers for decades.
Yes, some prices may rise in the short term, but that is the price that closes unilaterally. Soon, the tariffs will bring car production back to the US. This means lower prices driven by more American jobs, more American factories and fair competition, rather than government-supported imports.
The immediate response from foreign automakers like the Jaguar Land Rover and Volkswagen’s Audi division was totally panic. They even resorted to forgive their car. I’ll stack it up Instead of shipping to dealerships, in a US port.
why? It’s not because they’re worried that the car won’t sell. Because they don’t want to pay tariffs, they want Trump to change his mind and give him a special sculpture. unfortunate. The President understands that it is not our job to protect the interests of foreign conglomerates.
Trump is not the first president to take decisive action to protect the country’s automotive industry. In 1981, Japan’s national subsidized automobile industry was causing floods in the US market. Detroit couldn’t keep up.
Has the newly established President Reagan shrugged and tweeted anything about the “free market”? no. He threatened Japan with a large amount of tariffs unless he agreed. Freeze Auto Export To the United States at the 1979 level. If they want to continue to increase their market share, they have to make Honda and Toyota here in the US.
what Next It was a renaissance of American automobile manufacturing. Prices rose slightly in the short term, but profits far outweighed costs.
First, Japanese automakers have built assembly plants for billions of Americans, creating more than 26,000 jobs directly in just 10 years. Once the assembly plant comes here, it would make sense to manufacture components and materials in the US, increasing the number of job creations by over 100,000. This created a skilled automotive industry workforce that led automotive companies from other countries, including Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, to move some of their production to the United States.
It happened before, and it could happen again. Europe can start buying our cars or start building cars here. In any case, the gravy train is over. America will start winning again.
Try to complain to EU car makers and bureaucrats about everything they want. They’re like bullies, spending all the rest and pinching you, crying to the teacher the first time you punch back. They didn’t bother when American manufacturers were losing market share or when safety features like AM radios were quietly pulled from our car.
Europeans should not be surprised that the US has finally decided to retaliate. They must be surprised that it took us so long.
Corey R. Lewandowski was a senior adviser and campaign manager for the President Donald J. Trump campaign in 2024 and 2020 during the 2016 campaign.
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