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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Trump Auto Tariffs Strike At Heart Of North American Trade

Workers assemble electronic car keys at a manufacturing plant in Mexico (Credit: AFP)

US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported cars strike at the heart of a North American free trade agreement, threatening to disrupt supply chains and raise prices, experts say.

Thanks to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that came into effect in 2020 -- and its predecessor NAFTA -- the region became an assembly line spanning the three countries.

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