Trump Administration Denies The GM Sought Special Tariff Consideration For Chinese Built Vehicles

The Trump administration has denied a General Motors request for an exemption to a 25 percent U.S. tariff on its Chinese-made Buick Envision crossover.

The denial of the nearly year-old petition came in a May 29 letter from the U.S. Trade Representative's office, which said the request concerns "a product strategically important or related to 'Made in China 2025' or other Chinese industrial programs."

The midsize crossover, priced starting at about $35,000, has become a target for critics of Chinese-made goods, including UAW leaders and members in key political swing states such as Michigan and Ohio.

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MDarringer - 6/5/2019 5:29:36 PM

+7 Boost

Raping the workers at Lordstown while wanting a special tariff consideration is a very Democrat kind of move.

TomM - 6/5/2019 10:01:55 PM

-3 Boost

Again "SorryMatt" - this is not a typical political thing - although it would be more like a Tea Party person to want that

The fact is - ANY upper management that would not try to get an exemption for even that low selling SUV does not belong in charge of a company - no matter where is was based.

AS far as not being able to import cars from other countries, GM is still a USA based corporation that pays most of its taxes to US State coffers - but as a Worldwide company - the idea that they would not make cars for other markets is ridiculous. The purpose of a company is to make money for their stockholders - and making cars in other markets is one way to do that, one that no major multi national corporation can avoid.