Americans, do you support 25% tariffs on auto parts?

[Cubus]

They are to take effect tomorrow.

A White House official, granted anonymity to discuss the issue, said the new 25 percent tariff will be applied to autos parts, as well. That would hit another $192 billion worth of imports from Mexico, Canada, China, Germany, Japan and other suppliers, per the Commerce Department.

Five countries — Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Germany — supplied most U. S. auto imports. Three of those countries — Mexico, Canada and South Korea — have duty-free access to the U. S. auto market under the terms of free trade agreements that Trump renegotiated during his first term in office.

All other countries face a 2.5 percent tariff on their passenger car exports to the United States and a 25 percent tariff on light trucks, a high duty-rate that is a legacy of the 1960s-era trade war over European barriers to U. S. poultry exports. Trump said his new duties would be in addition to those, raising the tariff rate for passenger cars to 27.5 percent and the rate for light trucks to 50 percent.

Although Trump used tariffs aggressively during his first term, he generally hit products such as steel, aluminum and industrial parts, which the average consumer does not purchase themselves. Or he hit lower-priced consumer goods like Chinese apparel and footwear, where the impact of the tariffs on prices was not as noticeable.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/trump-auto-imports-tariffs-00252392

[Fireguy17]

I'm fine with it.
Most people have forgotten that many years ago Harley fought very hard and was successful in having tariffs on overseas built motorcycles, because they had to redesign their bikes to try to catch up with Honda, etc.
So higher tariffs were enacted but people still bought the Japanese bikes anyway.
Tariffs are nothing new and can be used as a bargaining chip to help reduce the tariffs on US made goods going into other countries.
Think of what it would do to China's economy if we cut back on buying goods from them unless they cut back the tariffs on US goods going there.
There have already been companies that have announced that they will be building plants in the US, so while it will take more than a couple 2 3 months, the positives have already started.

[exitseven]

Yes, it will bring business and jobs back to America. This is long overdue. The US should have never have lost those jobs in the first place.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[Cubus]

You're welcome

[OneViewpoint]

I really don't give a crap. I bought 2 new cars last year to refresh my stable. I won't need another car for 10-15 years. Sure, I'll get nailed on repair parts and maintenance stuff eventually. But that's gonna be chump change.

I want to see the look on the faces of the dumbphucks who voted for tRump as this economy crashes while inflation and unemployment go through the roof and middle class Republicans watch their 401K's get wiped out.

And on the back end MAGA can watch the billionaire Oligarchs swoop in for a historic buying opportunity when the stock market bottoms out. They have absolutely prepared for that opportunity to grab a huge slice of the wealth of this nation from the middle class who can't afford to wait out a 5-10 year correction in the markets. I know, I've done the same thing.

I've been selectively shorting specific equities for about 8 weeks now. But that's pretty much dried up now that the only people who don't get it at this point are the MAGA crowd who own exactly zero equities. 90% of my wealth is parked safely offshore. I'll buy back in at huge discounts when the timing is right. Thanks MAGA. Now go starve and get the measles. Hey, I don't like this. But, this is the world these imbeciles gave me to navigate. OK, I'm navigating it just fine. Fuck everyone else who couldn't see this coming or weren't in a position to do anything about it.

[Friendlybro79]

No I don't because we just wind up getting caught as bait as citizens in this nonsensical trade war. We have no choice but to import some things. Our big rich, entitled, only for profit corporations, have sold us out over the past 50 years. They refuse to lose one penny and will just pass it to us the consumer.

Even if it does bring manufacturing back to America, prices will still be higher than now. Our labor is more expensive as is everything else here. If corporations want to build in America with American parts the Americans that voted for this guy better be the first ones paying 50 dollars for a tee shirt and a hell of a lot more for a ford explorer. Think how expensive cars are already that are built in Mexico.

This doesn't end well for consumers here.

[combative]

I don't think it will be long before the parts are made in the USA. For example Hyundai (Hyundai, Kia, Genesis) is investing $21 billion from 2025-2028 in the USA. $6 billion of that will be going into parts for their cars. That's just a start by one company over the next 3 years. Many will follow.

[Cubus]

You know - still, it will take at least a year or two to establish a factory for these elements. And people will feel the drastic change before that.

[combative]

Not really. Tesla for example has built entire factories from the ground up in 168 days before. Many auto manufactures already have established factories and empty warehouse space in the USA today and they have machinery in other countries. If they don't have warehouse space, there is plenty around the country that is ready to be leased. They really just need to pack up machinery in their home country and ship it to a US location and reassemble it. Then establish their logistics networks. Then have a foreign team run it temporarily while they train an American team to operate it on a more permanent basis. Theoretically it could happen in a couple months for companies that are motivated.

[TrueConfection]

Some of us are old enough to remember imports being very expensive because of the tariffs. Along came the supposed “free trade agreement” which turned out to be one sided. Other countries are still charging tariffs on U. S. imports. So yeah, it’s incentive to support domestic production.

[lightbulb27]

yes but, I don't agree with it in addition to planned obsolescense. that policy, to ensure everything is junk that is disposable, needs to change asap. Building garbage that is designed to fail (appliances) and not be repaired at a reasonable affordable price is abusive to citizenship and global environment. We need to adapt all the policies which have been warped over the years.

[Ariesman81]

@lightbulb27

Convincing people to stop buying cheap shit has proved to be "difficult"

[lightbulb27]

@Ariesman81 it will be a hard transition but if the cost of a fridge as example goes up to say $5000, then it better be fixable vs todays crap that gets discarded.

[Ariesman81]

Agreed, but you're a dying breed.
I bought a $2k fridge that needed a new compressor under warranty. They replaced the fridge rather than replacing the compressor. The waste in this country is ridiculous!

[lightbulb27]

@Ariesman81 true, new generation will be trained as such, our kids are... makes me blech to see it. but then again, they may not be able to afford a US made fridge. It's insane isn't it... and cars are going same way. The left doesn't see it either, they think we are being good to the environment with certain policies. I think they'd eat ground up insects in place of meat if was marketed to them. all of us are trained waste consumers, it's gross. Brainwashing! I blame Saturday morning cartoons.

[Ariesman81]

I don't who to blame. Why is it I can buy a complete RPZ backflow assembly cheaper than I can buy the individual rebuild parts? It's ridiculous! It costs me less money to buy, pay a guy to strip it apart, and throw the brass casing into recycling, than it does to buy the individual components. Explain that.

[lightbulb27]

@Ariesman81 yea, not positive. it could be where is produced is so low cost, there isn't much added. When buy the part, they mark up the price to ensure it isn't repaired. e. g. by policy holdover from 2008ish... thats when I saw it getting worse, maybe was before that in design. Maybe someone else has thought through this more than I have.

[Ariesman81]

I think it's just the buy more shit mentality. Even in a complete rebuild kit, the individual pieces are cheaper than individually. It's all a scam to buy more than you need.

[Miristheiss]

I support matching the other countries tariff. If they put x amount of tariff on our goods entering their country then we can put the exact same x percent tariff on their goods entering ours.

Nothing to where we put a 10% tariff on theirs and they have a 200% on ours.

Fair amd balanced.

[DrPepper12]

No. He's a fucking moron.

Wait til the retaliatory tarriffs hit. Thanks again MAGA!

It's all a big insider trading grift using crypto. And MAGA chucklefucks bellow their fealty for their own destruction.

[trumpetplayerforlife]

Just mean you will pay more I mean the price of them is always changing month to month anyways depending on what the distributors decided to charge their dealerships

[midnightmoon05]

Yes. I just don’t see how a country can run on debt and give away all our rights function…

same goes with our family structures…it’s falling apart…

[ImalwaysrightOK]

Yeah, they need to start bringing back manufacturing to the US. We can't continue as a country that makes nothing except consumers.

[Bricealan]

@Cubus We should be making auto parts exclusively here

[sethtav]

Blame Trump for higher prices. Didn't he promise to lower inflation? Yet another lie after lie after lie after lie.

[Sabretooth]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0I9BAUuDRm0

I'll let them explain a sane person's reasoning.

[Ariesman81]

Yeah. With any luck they'll be manufactured here and be higher quality

[Snakeyes7]

If it ultimately means that we will start making them in the US, then I do.

[DCVsMarvel]

Tarrifs will only hurt this country, not help it

[NicholasRedone]

Im not American yet hell why not

[seeyounexttuesday]

I support reciprocal tariffs.

[pacificopete]

Yes!!