Strangely enough I think he will be on a vote winner with his proposed tariffs, and would become a hero if he put them on cars........
Honestly his whole thing about cars being made abroad is very misleading.
Most of the car manufacturers as Ruairi has mentioned are actually made here. In fact the top selling brands are all made in the US.
A lot of the time these companies only import cars when they need to meet special orders or when the demand is too high.
you drive past any commercial business park that has dealers and you will see 100's of cars sitting on their lot.
But putting tariffs on the steel that is used to make them certainly won't help win favour.
Another industry that is going to be hit hard is the production of beer. The breweries are going to be hit big time. Because of demand for beer nowadays they have no choice but to import metal.
The craft beer industry is large nowadays. Some of them have already said they will have to hike prices including the big 3 who own many of the beers on sale here.
