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Dale C, since Trump is a notorious cheapskate it would be.

"That's actually pretty cheap compared to some other countries i've checked."

Seriously, assuming you are talking about Trump's proposed 20-25% tariff on cars and parts. The closest i got on searching 'car tariffs by country' was this one

The Ten Most Expensive Places To Buy A Car
Máté Petrány
9/05/13 11:11am
https://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-expensive-places-to-buy-a-car-1256855393

Have you got a link on actual car and part tariffs around the world??

If Canada and Mexico get exemption, Germany and Japan have the most to lose from Trump's car tariff.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/24/news/car-auto-tariffs-us-germany-japan-toyota-volkswagen/index.html

Anyway, i'm guessing Trump's car tariff threat will turn our to have been typical Trump bluster.

Why Trump has lost his party’s support on foreign car tariffs

Trump’s lonely fight to tax foreign car imports, explained.

By Tara Golshan Jul 23, 2018, 10:20am EDT



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The United States imports more cars than anywhere else in the world — it’s a nearly $200 billion market. Mexico and Canada are the biggest suppliers of US car imports, followed by Japan and Germany. And the United States is part of a very globalized car industry. In 2017, only half of the cars sold in the US were made in the country. And among the cars that are made in the US, one-third to one-fourth of the parts were usually imported from other countries. That global supply chain is what car industry insiders say keeps the United States competitive.

Depending on whom you ask, the possibility of foreign car tariffs is either terrible or completely grounded. The US car industry has been on the decline for the past two years, with its lowest car sales since 2009 last year. Labor unions have been more favorable to the idea of tariffs, but even they have warned about disrupting the supply chain between countries.

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The Trump administration “envisions this glory era of the 1930s [through] 1950s, when the economy was dominated by steel and auto, and the US failure to dominate these industries is a problem that needs to be fixed,” Lester said. “The way modern factories work, you aren’t going to employ that many more people. ... If the EU got rid of the tariffs on cars, I’m not sure the US could capitalize on that.”

There is a point of agreement among economists, lawyers, and academics: There’s no clarity what’s Trump’s endgame is — what will constitute enough of an American victory to end a trade war?

European negotiators are not backing down. Juncker said he’s “upbeat and relaxed” heading into talks with Trump at a news conference this week.
https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/17587296/trump-foreign-car-tariffs-trade-war

It's too bad Trump doesn't have much of a clue about detail on ramifications for American workers on about any policy decisions he is prompted to make.