With Trump’s auto tariffs outstripping the sector’s profit margins, prepare for a continent-wide industry shutdown

APMA
May 9, 2025
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Flavio Volpe, Toronto Star

April 8, 2025

In an opinion piece that he wrote for the Star, Flavio Volpe makes the case that Trump's tariffs on the automotive sector will be too much for the auto sector to bear and will destroy it.

Read the full piece here.

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