Trump’s Auto Tariffs: We Broke Down an F-150 to Explain Industry Impact | WSJ
President Trump says cars made in the U.S. will face “absolutely no tariff,” but it’s not so simple. No car is built from 100% U.S. parts—not even the U.S.-built Ford F-150 pickup truck. Major components of the car are from Mexico, Canada and South Korea, which could all be a part of the auto tariffs.
WSJ takes a look inside a Ford F-150 to better understand Trump’s slew of new tariffs and why automakers are warning it could backfire.
Chapters:
0:00 Trump’s auto tariffs
0:53 Tariff breakdown of car parts
4:12 Challenge of opening new plants
5:32 Economic impact and broader threats
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Trump tries to limit GOP defections on tariff vote: https://on.wsj.com/4jcJfxo
Guess what, Henry ford made everything in America. I don’t wanna hear it
You'd better buy your 4×4 ASAP!
greedy people just wanted to sweet talk others to get things made outside the US and likewise subvert American workers future by signing terrible deals to move industry overseas for dirt cheap. This WAS all made in USA in past generations, we WERE able to build the worlds greatest nation from farmers on up to production lines to build better lives with good wages. I voted for this bull let loose in the ccp shop
Trump justified his EU tariffs by claiming that Europe was closing itself off too much – and cited US car exports.
The reality, however, is that hardly anyone in Europe buys pick-ups or cars with 6 or 8-cylinder engines.
In Europe, a gallon of petrol costs around $8 to $10 on average!
AMERICA DONT MAKE A CAR ANY MORE , ITS ALL PARTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD …. WORLD …..
Then get it made in The USA! And stop sayIng it's complicated…It was complicated to get it made elsewhere. Just uncomplicate it and no tariff is charged! Duuuuuuh! You caused it!
get rid of the sales man.
That’s why the F-150 is down passed 50 on the Made In America index.
Why does every American News outlet say ”some of the cost Will be paid by the consumer”. Every cent that is added Will be paid by the consumer. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
I guess it’s hard for an average joe to comprehend that their lifestyle is possible just because manufacturing is happening in a low cost country…
If we extrapolate, same happens even within the same country, locally, when a grocery store from a normal neighbourhood is supplied with some vegetables grown in the country side.
Is a pyramid, where you constantly need to add new layers at the bottom, to sustain the top. Otherwise, the pyramid will sink and even the “top” will feel the loss.
Now, of course, the pyramid will not grow forever…but, that’s another story 🫢
The USA is turning into the Cleveland Browns.
Hey, Bozo: the point is to make aaall those parts locally.
But the fast eats also themselfs, even within China.
Bottom line … this is a disaster. The consumer will pay. US gov gets the tariffs for the budget. Consumer pays many times over. The exporter suffers. We have become the enemy to our national friends. Everyone loses. Our peace of mind and trust for the future is gone.
And the rich who could pay their fair share of taxes would bring down the debt. The poor and middle class pay for running the country and get little back.
A disaster.
Bottom line … this is a disaster. The consumer will pay. US gov gets the tariffs for the budget. Consumer pays many times over. The exporter suffers. We have become the enemy to our national friends. Everyone loses. Our peace of mind and trust for the future is gone.
And the rich who could pay their fair share of taxes would bring down the debt. The poor and middle class pay for running the country and get little back.
A disaster.
If made in America is so reliable it won’t be replaced by made in Japan back in 1980s….
How would a man who filed for bankruptcy 5 or times know about tariffs?
as an aussie, why, when i hear trump speak, i feel like i am listening to a kid in a child care centre telling me a story about what he thinks his dad said this morning???
If you are paying more for labor in the USA , which is probably more than 25%, why should they move production here?
Trump logic, just produce it in the USA (?) Why? the USA is a large market, but a part of the world market, not the entire market. Billions of billions of billions of people live outside the USA.
Trump, a dangerous nerd…
Whose buying overpriced, unreliable, non-american ford's any way? Mexican engines!😂 Guaranteed rust from everywhere!😂
Yeah Trump and his followers are stupid. They refuse to educate themselves on even the most simple details.
Did anyone see the prices of avocados lately?😂
If you do not like the price of the product, do not buy the product. It isn't that hard to drive prices down. If you cannot go without that tariffed product, you are responsible at least partially for the price staying up. If you like the idea of another country stealing from America, move to it. Pretty simple.
There's only this world trade, Trump is trying to explain to us, probably also to the BRICS states! Think about it!
Just learn to make the parts in USA or do without, auto makers are just greedy
The worst is all this 'extra' money goes to the government, not the people. The people, the ones that voted, will pay more than ever so that the government can made more money…
Putin is a-okay with the US economy taking a nosedive & Trump is happy to oblige him. Yessiree.
Welcome to the United Soviet of Trumpistan.
All of these couch economic analyst and tariff experts with 87.50 in the bank account… Don't understand the interest imposed on the American citizen crippling interest on the open end credit card up out of control government borrowing from the central bank. Perpetual slave to the interest.
All of those components used to be made here in the United States. Ford and other manufactures over the last decade, moved these plants overseas, but the prices of the products always increased. They said for lower cost cheaper labor, but they never decreased the price of the products.
Not a problem..part maker an shipper will have to cover the 25 percent..
These trucks are so expensive before the tariffs that car lots are filled with unsold trucks. So they’ll be more overpriced? 😂
Made or assembled ?
Ford buys metal that is not protected well and rusted, that's why their product sucks up north and rusts out on the body
We should be making steel here in America. But also we should expect Ford to do better. I'll never buy a Ford again 🤷🏽
I’d have thought a supposed respected journal would have done some homework before this video. If 70% or more of the price of any finished item is produced within that country then the import taxes are simply reclaimed. Maybe you could have spoken with someone who understands trade before posting anything?
Here’s a list over his company’s that filed for bankruptcy
1. Trump Taj Mahal – Filed for bankruptcy in 1991 and again in 2014.
2. Trump Castle (later Trump Marina) – Filed in 1992.
3. Trump Plaza Hotel – Filed in 1992.
4. Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts – Filed in 2004.
5. Trump Entertainment Resorts – Filed in 2009
usa is the biggest consumer in world all the production line will do they need to sell
Thousands of parts made all around the world I can remember when almost everything had a Made in the USA on it and it wasn’t that long ago, so bring manufacturing back to the USA and made by American workers . Train Americans workers and welfare will be reduced and America will be Great Again!
Typical WSJ media activism only addressing one small part of a much bigger issue…
Typical liberal activism fear porn that THEY are so addicted to. Give me a break
But Trump can count to 11, he outsmarts us all