Shares of automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis traded at or near session highs Wednesday afternoon, after the White House said it would give a one-month exemption to tariffs on automobiles coming from Canada and Mexico.
The Dow rallied on Wednesday after the White House confirmed automakers would be exempted from tariffs on Mexico and Canada for a month. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said General Motors,
WASHINGTON—Automakers will get a one-month reprieve from tariffs on Mexico and Canada for cars that comply with a free-trade agreement between those two nations and the U.S., the White House said Wednesday.
That didn’t take long. The White House announced Wednesday it would delay a portion of its 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada to appease automakers whose execs rang President Donald Trump and asked for special treatment.
President Donald Trump has agreed to exempt automobiles from newly imposed tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico for the next month.
The Trump administration will give a one-month exemption from tariffs to automobiles coming from Canada and Mexico, the White House said today. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the announcement after President Donald Trump spoke with executives from Ford,
U.S. automakers are getting a one-month exemption from the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect Monday.