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SeattleVet

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8. Just the automakers themselves, and not their suppliers?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Mar 5, 2025, 03:22 PM

Mar 5

Parts cross the border (sometimes multiple times) before they get to the automobile manufacturer. If they aren't also exempt the automakers will be paying the higher prices for those parts before they ever get used in their cars.

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Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 5 OP

MF47 just blinked. Eugene Mar 5 #1

What was the quid pro quo? Ocelot II Mar 5 #2

They must have paid the extortion fee. Irish_Dem Mar 5 #5

Gives the automakers 30 days dweller Mar 5 #3

That won't stop them from preemptively raising prices. LudwigPastorius Mar 5 #4

More dump and pump... littlemissmartypants Mar 5 #6

Trump once again proves how weak and full of shit he really is. Wiz Imp Mar 5 #7

Just the automakers themselves, and not their suppliers? SeattleVet Mar 5 #8

So who exactly paid the money and to whom did they pay it. Details, more details. twodogsbarking Mar 5 #9

Reciprocal tariffs will still go into effect on April 2...Karoline Leavitt said" (so we wait till April 2 and see?) NowsTheTime Mar 5 #10

This is supposed to make us run out and buy a car? defacto7 Mar 5 #11

Yeah...that's exactly what Mango Mussolini thinks people will do Bengus81 Mar 5 #13

Imagine the self centeredness of this guy. Hope22 Mar 5 #12