A coalition of leading automotive industry trade groups is calling on the Trump administration to ease off on plans early next month to slap tariffs on imported car parts.
The lobbying groups, which include the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, American Automotive Policy Council, Autos Drive America and National Automobile Dealers Association, appealed to President Donald Trump in a letter that was made public on Tuesday. They warned a planned May 3 levy on foreign-made auto parts could cause U.S. plant shutdowns and job losses.
“Tariffs on auto parts will scramble the global automotive supply chain and set off a domino effect that will lead to higher auto prices for consumers, lower sales at dealerships and will make servicing and repairing vehicles both more expensive and less predictable,” the letter said.
A carve out like one the White House has previously issued for some consumer electronics and semiconductors “would be a positive development and welcome relief,” the groups wrote.
Other signatories on the letter include the American International Automobile Dealers Association and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, or MEMA.
Top photo: A worker assembles a power-packed Integrated Drive Module (iDM) for Ford Motor Co. Mustang Mach-E all-electric sports utility vehicles (SUV) at the BorgWarner Inc. manufacturing facility in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
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