{"id":13979,"date":"2025-03-19T06:12:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-tariff-policies-jolt-auto-industry-executives\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T06:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T06:12:56","slug":"trumps-tariff-policies-jolt-auto-industry-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-tariff-policies-jolt-auto-industry-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Tariff Policies Jolt Auto Industry Executives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The line fell silent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a phone call from the Oval Office, President Trump had just delivered unwelcome news to three of America\u2019s most powerful auto executives: Mary Barra of General Motors, John Elkann of Stellantis and Jim Farley of Ford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Everyone needs to buckle up, Mr. Trump said on the call, which took place in early March. Tariffs are going into effect on April 2. It\u2019s time for everyone to get on board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The auto chiefs, like the leaders of other industries, had been arguing that Mr. Trump\u2019s 25 percent tariffs on cars coming from Canada and Mexico would wreak havoc on their supply chains and blow a hole through their industry. They had won a concession of sorts when Mr. Trump agreed to give them a one-month reprieve, until April 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But now, the Big Three automaker chiefs seemed to realize there was no point in fighting for more. They had gotten as much as they were going to get.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For corporate America, including some major donors, the shock of Mr. Trump\u2019s second term is that it turns out he really does believe the thing he\u2019s been saying publicly for 40 years: Foreign countries are ripping America off, and tariffs are a silver bullet for America\u2019s problems. When he says that \u201ctariff\u201d is the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/audio\/2024\/dec\/16\/the-most-beautiful-word-in-the-dictionary-donald-trumps-tariff-plan-podcast\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">most beautiful word in the dictionary<\/a>, he means it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To Mr. Trump, tariffs are not merely a negotiating tool. He believes they will make America rich again. And they combine two of his favorite features of the presidency: They are a unilateral power that he can turn on or off on a whim, and they create a begging economy, forcing powerful people to come before him to plead for mercy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This account is based on interviews with more than a dozen Trump administration officials and others familiar with the dynamic at the White House over tariffs. They asked for anonymity to discuss private conversations and deliberations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the corporate community \u2014 a group that spends a fortune on consultants to interpret Mr. Trump, and where the clich\u00e9 of taking him \u201cseriously but not literally\u201d is in high circulation \u2014 many had been clinging to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/17\/business\/economy\/trump-wall-street-promises.html\" title=\"\">the view<\/a> that he saw tariffs only as a tool of leverage. It was not that Mr. Trump loved tariffs, they told themselves. It was that he loved what the threat of them could yield in a negotiation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over the years, it had become conventional wisdom that the stock market was Mr. Trump\u2019s guiding light and guardrail, and that any plunge in the markets would limit the scope of his tariffs, which were more surgically applied seven years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Trump 47 has so far been undeterred by a plummeting market and by headlines that would have forced Trump 45 into reverse. The Dow Jones industrial average has shaved off more than 600 points since the new tariffs began. The S&amp;P 500 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/13\/business\/sp-500-stocks-market-correction.html\" title=\"\">slid into a correction<\/a>, meaning it has fallen by more than 10 percent from its peak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During his first term, Mr. Trump had a weaker stomach for the economic pain caused by a far narrower program of tariffs. He placed tariffs on more than $300 billion of products throughout his first term; now, less than two months in, he has slapped tariffs on roughly $1 trillion of goods.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A few recent public opinions polls show a growing number of Americans disapproving of Mr. Trump\u2019s handling of the economy, but his advisers insist that\u2019s more about lingering high prices than tariffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of Mr. Trump\u2019s advisers, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations, said the Biden presidency proved to Mr. Trump that the stock market is not a foolproof barometer of the economy\u2019s future, nor a useful indicator of voter sentiment. If it were, Mr. Biden, who presided over a booming stock market, would surely be the president, the adviser said, explaining Mr. Trump\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Advisers say Mr. Trump knows that foreign leaders are watching to see whether he follows through on his threats, looking for signs of weakness. They have said he believes that backing off his tariffs would permanently damage his preferred image as a strongman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sometimes he has granted absolution of sorts \u2014 like when he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/06\/us\/politics\/trump-mexico-tariffs-suspended.html\" title=\"\">exempted from tariffs products<\/a> from Canada and Mexico that comply with his North American trade deal. But he has repeatedly said that more and bigger tariffs are on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Business leaders are now rapidly reassessing the cheerful assumptions that had guided their thinking since Election Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bill Reinsch, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former Commerce Department official, said Mr. Trump had been explicit in the campaign about his intentions, and that his tariff proposals this time have been much deeper and broader than in his first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think he was clear,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think people paid much attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their misread is understandable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the lead-up to the 2024 election, Mr. Trump\u2019s new crop of economic advisers sent reassuring signals to Wall Street. Their public remarks suggested that Mr. Trump\u2019s second-term trade policy would be much the same as the first. In September, Howard Lutnick, now the commerce secretary, described tariffs as a \u201cbargaining chip\u201d that would ultimately lead to freer markets. And Scott Bessent, who became Mr. Trump\u2019s treasury secretary, wrote in a letter to his clients last year that \u201cthe tariff gun will always be loaded and on the table but rarely discharged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is still possible that Mr. Trump backs away from some of his tariffs, but if he\u2019s contemplating a reversal it would be news to his closest advisers. Mr. Trump has said repeatedly he plans to issue <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-tariffs.html\" title=\"\">much more extensive tariffs<\/a> on April 2, and his advisers have told foreign officials and chief executives that he won\u2019t be deterred. His comments to his cabinet secretaries and aides in Oval Office meetings track with his public rhetoric, according to two people with direct knowledge, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump personally drafts or dictates his Truth Social posts that threaten ever-escalating tariffs as China, Canada and the European Union retaliate against his provocations. Even former aides who think his maximalist approach is the wrong one say he has a valid point about how China and Europe have treated the United States unfairly when it comes to trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He feels that so far the pressure has worked, aides say, citing Mexico\u2019s willingness to stem the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl into the United States. Even after Mexico came forward with those measures, Mr. Trump still pushed forward with 25 percent tariffs before pausing their application on a number of items.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the biggest differences between the first term and now is that Mr. Trump is far more confident in his instincts and has stocked his team with people who echo them. He rarely hears strong dissenting views about his economic policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump received fierce opposition to tariffs in his first term from those who said they would raise costs for consumers and businesses and slow the economy. His team included people Mr. Trump would derisively refer to as \u201cglobalists\u201d \u2014 like Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary at the time, and the economic adviser Gary Cohn, who worked with others to stop tariffs by taking papers from the president\u2019s desk, and showed the president charts and maps to illustrate the benefits of trade. Other aides, like Larry Kudlow, were less confrontational but still skeptical of a protectionist trade policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s hard-line trade adviser Peter Navarro used to have Oval Office shouting matches against the so-called globalists. Now, returning for a second term, Mr. Navarro\u2019s disputes with other advisers are more nuanced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Bessent was a hedge fund executive, and Mr. Lutnick was the chief executive of the Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald. But both have publicly embraced tariffs before they were granted their jobs. And whatever they think about the tariffs privately, nobody is sitting across the Resolute Desk from Mr. Trump, strenuously arguing against his economic ideas. His current team\u2019s arguments revolve around public messaging about the tariffs, as well as exemptions and the scale and timing of the tariffs, but no one is challenging the idea of using them in some form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nor is Mr. Trump hearing strong dissent from Capitol Hill. Republican lawmakers are either converts to protectionism or cowed against speaking out. The Wall Street Journal editorial board is the rare right-leaning institution still consistently challenging his approach to trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Lutnick, who is also overseeing the U.S. trade office, receives many calls from unhappy business leaders, along with the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, and the agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On the night of March 13, Mr. Lutnick, Mr. Bessent, Kevin Hassett, who is the National Economic Council director, and a few others met at the Naval Observatory with Vice President JD Vance to discuss having a cohesive public message about the economy, amid complaints from allies about inconsistency, according to four people briefed on the meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">White House officials declined to comment on the meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in a statement provided by the White House, Mr. Navarro described Mr. Trump\u2019s advisers as following his lead, characterizing them as \u201ca diverse group with complementary skill sets and a high level of trust with names like Bessent, Greer, Hassett and Lutnick who debate behind closed doors and emerge as \u2018one band, one sound.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There have been few exceptions granted. Ms. Rollins heard from farmers who wanted an exemption for potash, an important ingredient for fertilizer. Mr. Trump ultimately agreed to a reduced 10 percent tariff, but was unhappy about the reprieve, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. In a statement, Ms. Rollins said the president\u2019s \u201creduction of tariffs on potash is a critical step in helping farmers manage and secure key input costs at the height of planting season while reinforcing long-term agricultural trade relations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in many other cases, Mr. Trump has seemed far less willing to offer significant industry exemptions than he was in his first term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While some industry executives have tried to push back during discussions with the White House, very few have said anything publicly; those who did earned the ire of the Trump administration. Those who have spoken privately have generally sandwiched any criticism of Mr. Trump between lavish praise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some companies have been \u201cintimidated\u201d about pushing back on tariffs, wary of becoming some kind of target, Mr. Reinsch said. \u201cNobody wants to go public,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause they\u2019re concerned about the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But those companies are still counting on policies they favor, such as tax cuts and deregulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/17\/us\/politics\/trump-tariffs-auto-industry-corporate-executives.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The line fell silent. 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