Exports and Imports
Commerce Dept. investigates steel imports used in auto parts
Tue, 16, May 2017The Department of Commerce is looking into U.S. steel industry complaints that foreign competitors have gained an unfair advantage by selling at artificially low prices.
Trump tax plan likely won't include border-adjusted tax
Wed, 26, Apr 2017The White House made its opening bid for what officials called the “biggest tax cut” in U.S. history -- with cuts that would benefit businesses, the middle class and certain high-earning individuals.
SAIC puts U.S. ambitions on hold on Trump uncertainty
Wed, 19, Apr 2017SAIC, China's biggest automaker by sales, has put off its plans to export vehicles to the U.S. due to policy uncertainties with the election of Donald Trump as president.
Volvo will build first EV in China for export, sources say
Thu, 13, Apr 2017Volvo will build its first full-electric car in China, sources told Automotive News Europe. The battery-powered vehicle will debut in 2019 and will be exported globally from Volvo's factory in southeast China.
Volvo concerned about possible U.S. import tax
Mon, 10, Apr 2017Volvo says it will suffer if the United States enacts taxes on imported goods. This despite the company's plan to hire up to 4,000 workers for a new South Carolina plant that will build the S60 sedan.
First Shift: Retooling for next-gen Camry
Mon, 10, Apr 2017Toyota investing $1.3B in Ky. ahead of Camry overhaul; Ford's hybrid cop car ready to give chase; Genesis sets sights on China; Volvo exec's trade warning; 70 years of Ferrari.
Mexico auto output, exports surge in Q1
Thu, 06, Apr 2017Mexico's booming auto industry set records across the board in the first quarter, with production jumping 17 percent, exports surging 14 percent and local light-vehicle sales rising 8.9 percent vs. the year-ago period.
Buick's German-built Regal highlights risks as Trump targets trade
Tue, 04, Apr 2017In a plan mapped out long before the Trump administration and Congress began talking about taxing imported goods, GM planned to build the Buick Regal TourX at a factory in Ruesselsheim, Germany.
A German port pushes back against Trump's tough talk on trade
Fri, 17, Mar 2017Germany's Bremerhaven port once handled some 700,000 vehicles a year. That tally has since surged to 2.1 million, fueled by a sharp increase in trade. But President Trump's tough talk on foreign trade has many German workers worried.
Delphi says automated work may come to U.S. from Mexico
Thu, 02, Feb 2017Delphi Automotive said that if it brings any manufacturing to the U.S. from Mexico, it is likely to be automated work, which has fewer jobs attached to it.
Toyota asks U.S. dealers to help fight Republican border tax push
Tue, 31, Jan 2017Days before a group of Republican lawmakers were due to discuss their party's controversial proposal to tax all imports, Toyota sent an urgent message to its U.S. dealers -- tell the politicians the tax would seriously hurt car buyers.
Trump picks inconvenient time to push for new U.S. auto factories
Wed, 25, Jan 2017President Donald Trump is asking the Detroit 3 automakers to invest in domestic manufacturing at a bad time. Car sales have gained for seven-straight years after the U.S. auto bailouts and the financial crisis, a streak that's close to running out of gas.
