GM Seeks Tariff Exemption to Keep China-Made SUV on U.S. Market
- Automaker says it needs the Buick Envision model to compete
- Carmakers worldwide have urged Trump not to impose car tariffs
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General Motors Co. asked the Trump administration to exclude its China-built Buick Envision from import tariffs, saying they would harm the company’s ability to compete in the U.S. luxury sport utility vehicle market.
GM sold 210,000 Envisions in China last year and just 42,000 in the U.S. -- not enough deliveries in its domestic market to support a U.S. manufacturing plant. But the model is still needed to field a complete lineup and take on the likes of Audi, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, the carmaker said in a July 30 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.