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Fortune
Christiaan Hetzner

Trump tariffs could prove nearly as harmful to U.S. auto market as Lehman collapse and COVID outbreak, warn S&P forecasters

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a roundtable with faith leaders at Christ Chapel on October 23, 2024 in Zebulon, Georgia. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images)
  • S&P Global Mobility cut 700,000 cars from its annual U.S. sales estimate as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported vehicles. It’s “one of the largest single-month changes” it has ever made to its forecast.

President Trump’s tariffs that took effect earlier this month are proving to be almost as disruptive to the U.S. auto industry as the global coronavirus pandemic and the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. 

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