Across Border From Detroit, Bafflement and Anger over U.S. Tariffs

Ian Austen, The New York Times

February 2, 2025

Windsor, the heart of Canada’s auto industry, had been on the upswing. Now people feel betrayed by a neighbor, fearing that factories will close. Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, a Canadian trade group, said that Windsor’s many auto parts markers receive weekly orders from automakers based on the production schedules of assembly plants both in Canada and the U.S. Now, he said, auto companies are likely to tell parts makers with U.S. orders “that they need to wat the 25 percent.”

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