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As April 2nd approaches and reciprocal tariffs loom more countries are coming to the US and negotiating. I am guessing they have now run the numbers and are beginning to figure it out. Imports are only 12%+/- of our current GNP. Autos make up 40% of that leaving only 6.2% for everything else. They will begin lowering their tariffs. They will just lose market share as consumers will buy autos less effected by the tariffs. Every unit they lose increases the fixed cost per unit on their margins. The numbers will not lie. Many already produce and have multiple plants in the US Honda, Mercedes, BMW (look at South Carolina), Toyota ... the list goes on. Why do they import from the EU then? Well, because first thing that happens is they get a vax tax credit for every vehicle. (some call this a subsidy)

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