Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Tariffs, US Economy
President Donald Trump arrived in Detroit on Tuesday to celebrate what he called a historic manufacturing revival, boasting that “investment is booming” and turbocharging growth. But the auto industry’s supposed recovery has yet to show up where it matters most for...
Jan 8, 2026 | Auto Industry, Tariffs
Aluminium consumers in the United States are paying record high prices, significantly above the level import levies and transport costs would warrant, as tight supplies globally aggravate the impact of tariffs and low U.S. inventories. Needed by industries such as...
Oct 2, 2025 | Detroit, Featured, Tariffs, Trucks
Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday, Ford CEO Farley said: “This is a really big deal for our country, and for Ford. “We make all of our heavy duty trucks in America. We have a lot of competition from overseas. A 25 percent tariff will be a really...
Sep 3, 2025 | Auto Industry, Europe, Featured, Tariffs
Germany’s once unshakable automotive industry is starting to show visible cracks, with new figures highlighting just how much pressure the sector is under. In the past year alone, the workforce has shrunk by 7 percent, while profits slide and overcapacity weighs...
Aug 21, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Rail, Tariffs
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Tuesday it is hiking steel and aluminum tariffs on more than 400 products including wind turbines, mobile cranes, appliances, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, along with railcars, motorcycles, marine engines, furniture and...
Aug 7, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, Tariffs
President Trump’s tariff war has inflicted almost $12 billion of losses on global automakers, the biggest hit they have faced since the pandemic. The scary reality: This may be just the beginning. Beyond the continuing cost of tariffs, automakers in the U.S., Japan,...
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