Two of the largest automakers on the planet made announcements on Thursday that they would be offering America First deals on brand new vehicles for their customers or making some big changes to production while attempting to take full advantage of President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on vehicles assembled overseas.
And that’s one of the reasons the Trump administration is pushing tariffs on nations all over the world. For years we have been taken advantage of by other countries, even allies, when it comes to the cost of importing goods into their nations.
Corporations and manufacturers have also taken advantage of the low cost of labor and materials in other countries and moved their plants overseas, leaving American workers high and dry. Tariffs can help fix that by forcing these manufacturers to come back to the U.S.
“For the next several months, Ford will be touting a ‘From America, For America’ deal, which will offer new customers the chance to purchase vehicles at employee pricing, potentially knocking thousands of dollars off the going rate,” Trending Politics News reported.
The company’s chief policy officer, Steve Croley, told the hosts of “Fox & Friends” that Americans deserve some kind of reward for going out of their way to purchase cars made right here in the United States.
“We’re going to offer customers the same deal that our employees get. That’s worth thousands of dollars,” he said to host Brian Kilmeade.
“We’ve heard some uncertainty from our customers and we want them to be assured that Ford, the most American auto company, is going to do right by them, as are our dealers. We make the most cars here, we employ the most, we export the most, and so we here at Ford, we’re in a good position to address customers’ concern and give them a really great deal on a great vehicle,” Croley continued.
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Swedish car company Volvo, meanwhile, has promised to ramp up its production of vehicles at its South Carolina factory. The shift comes one day after President Donald Trump announced a “Liberation Day” rollout of 25% tariffs on all foreign-assembled vehicles around the world, with the exception of Mexico and Canada.
“We will have to increase the number of cars we build in the U.S., and surely move another model to that factory,” CEO Håkan Samuelsson remarked during an interview Thursday. He also stated the company already builds its EX90 and Polestar 3 electric vehicles at its plant near Charleston and “will have to look closely” at what other model vehicles may be assembled stateside, as well.
Volvo’s South Carolina plant first opened in 2018 with the intent to produce new vehicles in the U.S. Months later, the company canceled plans to ship many of those vehicles to China after the country imposed tariffs on American-made cars.
One of the big challenges that remains for CEOs of automakers here in America is how they can cut the cost of manufacturing and boost profits all without shifting the financial burden on to consumers.
The company’s decision followed similar ones by Hyundai, which announced a $20 billion domestic investment, as well as Stellantis’s commitment to reopening a plant in Belvidere, Illinois to produce its midsize trucks.
Autoworker unions are tickled pink by the president’s tariffs and the impact they are and will have on bringing manufacturing back home, as they made clear in a statement put out this week.
“Mr. President, we can’t thank you enough. In six months to a year, we’re going to see the benefits, I can’t wait to see what’s happening 3-4 years down the road. Thank you, Mr. President,” a member of the United Auto Workers stated during a press conference the day before the president’s announcement.
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