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Trump’s Auto Tariff Pain Will Spread and Linger
Parts suppliers face significant disruption.
Uneasy rider: a Harley-Davidson production line in Pennsylvania.
Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
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For the global auto industry, an underappreciated risk of President Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda is that his tariff threats will cast an indefinite pall over companies’ operations and plans.
Harley-Davidson Inc.’s decision Monday to shift more production out of the U.S. underlines the impact of escalating trade conflict on automakers. Trump suggested the motorcycle maker had jumped the gun, saying in a tweet that “ultimately they will not pay tariffs” selling to the European Union, cited by the company as the reason for its move, and urging patience.