General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis, the three main car manufacturers in the United States, have criticized the commercial agreement with the United Kingdom announced Thursday by the US president, Donald Trump, for making it cheaper to import a British vehicle than one of those they manufacture in Mexico or Canada.
In a statement released by American Automakers Policy Council (AAPC), the group that represents the three manufacturers, the companies underline the contradiction of the agreement presented on Thursday by Trump and the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.
“We are disappointed that the Administration (of Trump) has given priority to the United Kingdom over our American partners,” they said.
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AAPC explained that “with this agreement it will now be cheaper to import a British vehicle with very little American content than a vehicle from Mexico or Canada that meets the (Free Trade Agreement) T-MEC and contains half of the US components.”
The result, the group added, is a damage to “car manufacturers, suppliers and workers of the automotive sector in the US.”
“We hope that this preferential access for British vehicles in front of Americans does not feel a precedent for future negotiations with Asian and European competitors,” they concluded.
The three American manufacturers had already indicated previously that the tariffs will cost them billions of dollars this year.
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Ford has also decided to increase the prices of the models that are produced in Mexico and sell in the US to compensate for tariffs.
With EFE information
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