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President Donald Trump has escalated trade tensions with a new policy that will impose a 25% tariff on all imported cars, trucks, and key auto components, effective April 2. The move, intended to boost domestic…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 27, 2025
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BMW of North America is extending price protection on 3 Series models built at its San Luis Potosí plant in Mexico through at least the end of May 2025, according to a BMW of North…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 21, 2025
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In response to a newly imposed 25% tariff on vehicles imported from Mexico, BMW North America has announced their dealers that there is a price protection planned for Mexico-produced models. According to a dealer bulletin, vehicles…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 12, 2025
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On July 4, the European Commission announced major import tariffs on electric vehicles manufactured in China. These duties came into effect a day later, on July 5. Per the original plan, the BMW Group’s electric…
Adrian Padeanu / August 21, 2024
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BMW committed to Spartanburg SUV Plant despite Trade War
by Nico DeMattia / Date: November 12, 2018
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BMW has been warning about the dangers and drawbacks of a trade war between the US and China (or any other major two parties for that matter) for quite some time now. The German company…
Gabriel Nica / October 15, 2018
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The proposed Chinese 25 percent tariff on imported U.S.-made models could force the German automaker to raise prices on its SUVs built in Spartanburg, South Carolina. BMW said in a statement it is “currently calculating related…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 6, 2018
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The “trade war” between the US and the rest of the world continued this week with a new episode, which unfortunately, is almost always first reported on Twitter. As reported in the last few months,…
Horatiu Boeriu / July 1, 2018
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Just recently, we were talking about how BMW remained quite tight lipped about the whole Trump tariff issue and how the Bavarians have been typically diplomatic about the whole thing. And while that may work…
Gabriel Nica / June 26, 2018
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President Donald Trump has again singled out Mercedes and BMW as part of his continued threats to impose protectionist trade measures. In a speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mr. Trump called on the European Union to…
Horatiu Boeriu / March 13, 2018