Trump to offer automakers some relief on tariffs | Jefferson City News-Tribune

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Trump won the state in last year's election by promising to increase factory jobs.
56% : Arthur Laffer, whom Trump gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to during his first term, said in a private analysis the tariffs without any modifications could add $4,711 to the cost of a vehicle.
54% : The rebates would be available to domestic and foreign companies with auto plants in the U.S. The Commerce Department official said automakers told Trump the additional time would enable them to ramp up the construction of new factories, after automakers warned it would take time for them to shift their supply chains.
52% : "President Trump has had meetings with both domestic and foreign auto producers, and he's committed to bringing back auto production to the U.S.," Bessent said.
49% : The modifications come as Trump marks 100 days back in the White House by going to Michigan, a state defined by auto manufacturing.
41% : White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a Tuesday briefing Trump would sign the order later in the day but declined to provide details on the order.
31% : The tariffs imposed by Trump were seen by some as an existential threat to the auto sector.

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