Tariffs threaten to bring North American auto production to ‘screeching halt’

APMA
Feb 19, 2025
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David Kennedy, Automotive News Canada

February 2, 2025

Tariffs aimed at Canada’s auto sector will also “score direct hits” on auto producing states from Michigan to Alabama and Georgia to California, said Flavio Volpe, CEO of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association. “The dominoes will fall as the quick debates happen on who is going to absorb the 25 per cent.”

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