He has announced it many times, now it is obviously concrete: US President Donald Trump (78) wants to charge tariffs from 25 percent to imported cars. “I will probably tell you that on April 2, but it will be near 25 percent,” Trump said in front of reporters on Tuesday.
Trump had signed a document to prepare so -called reciprocal, i.e. mutual tariffs last week. He holds the USA in the trade with other countries for disadvantaged. The counter -tariffs mean that the United States raises tariffs where it currently demands less than its trading partners.
The risk of this: According to experts, a protectionist escalation could start, which could lead to higher inflation. The United States has so far raised a customs of 2.5 percent on car imports from the EU, while the EU inches for imports from the USA is 10 percent.
Germany as an export nation would hit the auto tariffs particularly hard. Volkswagen hopes for a courtesy and is looking for the direct line to the government in Washington. “We will now contact the new Trump government at short notice,” announced CEO Oliver Blume (56) in a ZDF interview published on Sunday.
According to Trump, she also wants to raise tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips and probably also start with a set of 25 percent in April. In the course of a year, this could at least partially be increased.
Trump recently ordered tariffs for steel and aluminum of 25 percent. The Republican had tariffs in the amount of 10 percent shortly after taking office on January 20 on January 20 China imposed. He also ordered tariffs on goods from neighboring countries Canada And Mexico, but admitted a 30-day postponement.