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Trump orders nixing of some levies on autos

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President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Tuesday that walked back some tariffs for carmakers, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others have complained would backfire on U.S. manufacturing by raising the cost of production and squeezing their profits.

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  1. New York Post

    Trump to ease blow from auto tariffs by giving car makers exemptions on steel, aluminum: report (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Trump is set to ease the impact of tariffs by adjusting measures to ensure foreign-made vehicles aren't hit simultaneously with multiple duties.

  2. Fox32 Chicago

    Trump to ease auto tariffs in bid to boost US manufacturing (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    President Trump is set to sign an executive order easing some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, aiming to support U.S. automakers and manufacturing jobs.

  3. Kokomo Tribune

    Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    The White House says President Donald Trump will sign executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on automobiles and auto parts. It

  4. CBS News

    Trump to ease tariffs on automakers by rolling back some import duties (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Trump administration says automakers won't get hit twice by its tariffs, which have applied to both auto parts as well as steel and aluminum.

  5. Jalopnik

    Trump To Scale Back Auto Tariffs (opens Jalopnik)

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    Jalopnik's feed description

    A compromise for automakers, uncertain times ahead for GM, and bad news for Porsche's 2025 ambitions. The future seems uncertain, in today's Morning Shift.

  6. WHDH Boston

    Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House

  7. The Hill

    Trump signs orders to scale back auto tariffs (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    President Trump signed executive orders Tuesday scaling back his 25 percent tariffs on imported automobiles and auto parts that are scheduled to go into effect May 3. The Trump administration will spare foreign auto parts from facing a double hit from the president’s auto tariffs and his previously …

  8. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Trump to sign executive order easing auto tariffs (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    CNN, POOL By Elisabeth Buchwald and Chris Isidore, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday to​ ease auto tariffs, the latest abrupt shift in a rapidly changing tariff policy that has left businesses scrambling to keep up.

  9. Los Angeles Times

    Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25% tariffs (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to relax some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts.

  10. Oil Price

    Trump Administration Extends Tariff Relief to Automakers (opens Oil Price)

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    Oil Price's feed description

    President Trump is offering tariff relief to automakers, including reimbursements for tariffs already paid and adjustments to tariffs on foreign auto parts used in U.S. vehicles.

  11. Digital Journal

    Trump signals relief on auto tariffs as industry awaits details (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The White House said Tuesday it will soften tariffs on automakers, sparking optimism in Detroit whose car manufacturing industry has been on tenterhooks

  12. The Guardian

    Trump plans to ease tariff impact on US carmakers (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    President will ease some duties on foreign parts in domestically manufactured cars, administration says

  13. FOX Business

    Trump to reduce impact of auto tariffs as industry makes effort to return manufacturing to US: 'Major victory' (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    President Trump will be reducing the impact of tariffs on automakers because the industry has made good-faith efforts to move manufacturing back to the US, the administration told FOX Business.

  14. Investopedia

    Trump Softens Car Tariffs in Latest Reversal (opens Investopedia)

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    Investopedia's feed description

    In his latest backtracking on a tariff policy, President Donald Trump has reduced import taxes for cars, as well as on parts and materials automakers bring in from abroad.

  15. The Boston Globe

    Trump to offer automakers some relief on his 25 percent tariffs, after worries they could hurt US factories (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The move is a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers.

  16. Forbes

    Trump Admin Signals Carmakers May Get Some Tariff Relief—As General Motors Pulls 2025 Forecast (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The White House is reportedly set to lower tariffs on some foreign-made parts needed to manufacture cars in the U.S. and relieve automakers of steel and aluminum levies.

  17. UPI

    Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Trump reached deal to ease auto tariffs (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    President Donald Trump has made a deal that restructures auto tariffs just as he is schedule to speak live outside of Detroit Tuesday.

  18. The Daily Signal

    Trump to Sign Executive Order Providing Automakers Tariff Relief (opens The Daily Signal)

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    The Daily Signal's feed description

    President Donald Trump will sign an executive order relaxing some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts.

  19. FOX 35 Orlando

    Trump eases auto tariffs in bid to boost US manufacturing (opens FOX 35 Orlando)

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    FOX 35 Orlando's feed description

    President Trump signed an executive order easing some of his 25% tariffs on autos and auto parts, aiming to support U.S. automakers and manufacturing jobs.

  20. NPR

    Trump is giving automakers a break on tariffs (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    President Trump will sign an executive order on the shift on Tuesday as the White House marks his 100 days in office. It's the latest shift in Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs.

  21. Washington Examiner

    GM’s praise for Trump’s flexibilities on auto tariffs holds caveat (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    President Donald Trump is expected to announce that his auto tariffs will not apply to all cars finished in the United States and made with 85% domestic content.

  22. Roll Call

    Trump to give carmakers tariff break on vehicles finished in US (opens Roll Call)

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    Roll Call's feed description

    The administration will allow car makers that finish their products in the US an offset to recover part of the levy on imported parts.

  23. Fox News

    Trump to ease auto tariffs as he celebrates 100th day with Michigan rally (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    President Donald Trump will sign an executive action later on Tuesday aboard Air Force One that will soften auto tariffs, senior White House officials confirmed.

  24. KAGS Bryan

    Trump orders tariff relief for automakers following domestic manufacturing concerns (opens KAGS Bryan)

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    KAGS Bryan's feed description

    Trump portrayed the changes as a bridge toward automakers moving more productions into the United States.

  25. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Trump orders nixing of some levies on autos (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Tuesday that walked back some tariffs for carmakers, removing some levies that Ford, General Motors and others have complained would backfire on U.S. manufacturing by raising the cost of production and squeezing their profits.

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