Canada, Doug Ford and tariffs
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“I think the only acceptable tariff is zero,” Ford said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
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The U.S. president broadened his trade war by imposing the widest set of tariffs in generations, effectively resetting the postwar trading system.
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Ford Slashes Car Prices
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Ford says it will allow consumers to buy 2024-25 Ford and Lincoln vehicles for the same price an employee would pay.
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Canada is responding to US President Donald Trump's trade war by imposing countertariffs on certain vehicle imports from the United States.
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Tariffs on imported vehicles took effect Wednesday, a policy that President Trump said would spur investments and jobs in the United States but that analysts say will raise new car prices by thousand...
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Trump, tariffs and discounts
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Ford is offering customers an employee discount, while VW is adding an "import fee" to cars.
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In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump unveiling global reciprocal tariffs on most goods imported to the United States on Wednesday (April 2), South Africa was hit with a 30% hike.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford proposed Wednesday that Canada could drop its tariffs on US imports — if President Trump did the same for America’s northern neighbor.
Stellantis is halting vehicle production at two assembly plants in direct response to President Trump’s newly enacted 25% auto tariffs.
Ford will offer employee pricing—a discounted rate available to its workers—to all customers, the company confirmed, after Reuters reported the news Wednesday. The program is called the “From America for America” plan, and is available to U.S. shoppers.
US auto tariffs send global carmakers scrambling, triggering plant closures, price hikes, discounts, and production shifts.
Stellantis has faced a year of sales declines from too-high pricing and the incorrect mix of vehicles on the ground, deteriorating market share. With concerns that higher costs from tariffs could results in higher prices for consumers, the promotion could offer a needed boost to sales.
There’s nowhere to hide in the auto industry from President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs, according to former Ford CEO Mark Fields.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney on Wednesday vowed to counter tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
Canada responded to Trump's tariffs and announced 25% tariffs on all U.S. vehicles that are not compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.