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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Detroit automakers fuming after Trump’s first trade deal gives preferential treatment to imported U.K. cars over their own

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hands an invitation from King Charles III for a second state visit to U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House. (Credit: Carl Court—Pool/Getty Images)
  • A lobby group representing General Motors, Ford and Stellantis attacked Trump for prioritizing a deal with the U.K. over the two largest U.S. trading partners on the country's doorstep. “Under this deal, it will now be cheaper to import a U.K. vehicle with very little U.S. content than a USMCA compliant vehicle from Mexico or Canada that is half American parts,” they said.

Detroit’s three automakers blasted the White House for throwing the U.S. car industry under the proverbial bus with his U.K. trade deal.

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