The reprieve applies to cars from Canada and Mexico that comply with the free-trade deal between those two countries and the U.S.
U.S. automakers are getting a one-month exemption from the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect Tuesday.
President Donald Trump on Thursday paused tariffs on some products from Mexico and Canada, temporarily withdrawing major portions of a policy issued two days earlier. The one-month exemption will lift tariffs for all Canadian and Mexican goods compliant with United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,
OTTAWA — The White House announced on Wednesday that the U.S. was providing a one-month exemption to automobiles covered by a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico from the 25 per cent tariffs he slapped on both countries.
That didn’t take long. The White House announced Wednesday it would delay a portion of its 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada to appease automakers whose execs rang President Donald Trump and asked for special treatment.
President Donald Trump granted U.S. automakers a short reprieve from stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada this week.
Shares of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis climbed on Wednesday after a report suggested that the Trump admin may delay auto tariffs.
The announcement came one day after Trump imposed 25% taxes — or tariffs — on Mexican and Canadian imports, which experts worried would hamstring Michigan's auto industry.
The White House on Wednesday announced a one-month tariff exemption for automakers after President Donald Trump spoke a day earlier with heads of General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis. Automakers have urged Trump to waive 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada on vehicles that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s rules of origin.
The Dow rallied on Wednesday after the White House confirmed automakers would be exempted from tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said General Motors,
The stock market surged on Wednesday after the Trump administration granted automakers a one-month exemption from tariffs imposed a day earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the trading session up nearly 500 points, or 1.1%, while the S &P 500 also jumped 1.1%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq increased nearly 1.5% on Wednesday.
The Trump administration will give a one-month exemption from tariffs to automobiles coming from Canada and Mexico, the White House said today. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the announcement after President Donald Trump spoke with executives from Ford,