Caught in the crossfire: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada

To The Point: Sen. Sarah Anthony on making Michigan's budget

LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan lawmakers are busy putting together a new budget for the next fiscal year. Sen. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee. “There are always ways we can find efficiencies. Any of us can find efficiencies even in our own household budgets, right? We can trim back on some of the things we’re doing. But there’s also some essentials and we want to look out for the essentials for working peo…

Caught in the crossfire: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada

Donald Trump’s automobile tariffs are sowing confusion and concern in the deeply integrated North American industry

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: Michigan concerned over automobile tariffs targeting Canada

DETROIT -- Glenn Stevens Jr. can look out his office window in downtown Detroit and see Canada. The view encapsulates historic automobile achievement between two countries despite a flowing river and international border -- one that's on the brink of being ripped apart.

DETROIT — Glenn Stevens Jr. can look at Canada from the window of his office in downtown Detroit. This panorama illustrates the historic automobile achievements of two countries, despite a flowing river and an international border that is about to be torn. "Our savings in the automotive sector between Ontario and Michigan are homogeneous. They are only one," says Stevens, executive director of MichAuto. "We don't even consider that there is a bo…

Donald Trump knew full well that his tariff policy was going to cause a great stir in the automobile industry, but in reality it is what he is looking for, in addition to attracting companies to North America, and that it is there and not abroad where they carry out most of the production.The first consequences of the tariffs are coming, like this Stellantis maneuver.The giant automotive group has decided to temporarily shut down its factories i…

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US President Donald Trump announced a sweeping round of tariffs on Wednesday (April 2). The tariffs included 10 percent to most countries along with more specific import fees directed at specific countries in an attempt to balance trade deficits. Canada and Mexico were spared under the USMCA deal signed by Trump in 2019, with the exception of non-USMCA-compliant vehicles, which were subject to a 25 percent tariff. This sparked a similar 25 perce…