German Automakers Push Back Trump’s Warning Over Mexican Plants
- ‘Remains to be seen’ if Trump’s ideas become law, group says
- Daimler, BMW also make cars in U.S. for global export
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German carmakers pushed back Donald Trump’s threats of import duties on the autos they make in Mexico, pointing to extensive production expansion in the U.S. in recent years.
BMW AG, which the president-elect singled out in an interview with German newspaper Bild on Sunday, sought to defuse potential tensions by stating that its largest factory is in South Carolina and that cars made at a planned, smaller factory in Mexico will be exported globally. Trump said BMW will face a 35 percent import duty on vehicles it exports to the U.S. from Mexico.