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Fortune
Ryan Hogg

Rolls-Royce owner Donald Trump just took a hammer to the U.K.’s $8 billion luxury car market

A 1964 Empress Bentley and a 1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn are parked in Smith Square, a small square behind the Houses of Parliament, before collecting their VIP passengers - barristers who are being sworn in as QCs (aka Silks in legal vernacular), on 11th March 2019, in London, England. (Credit: Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

The U.K.’s automobile sector, prized for its luxury manufacturers like Bentley and Aston Martin, is reeling after President Donald Trump moved forward with aggressive tariffs that threaten to bring the country’s lucrative export market to its knees.

The Trump administration slapped 25% import tariffs on cars and some car parts, including engines and powertrains, on Wednesday in a bid to repatriate manufacturing and convince foreign competitors to set up shop in the U.S.

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