The US Commerce Department met the Sunday deadline and submitted its investigation report on imported cars and auto parts to the White House. The Section 232 is about national security threats from those auto imports. A Commerce Department spokesperson said it would not disclose any details of the report. Trump has 90 days to make a decision on whether to act up the recommendations, which could include some tariffs on fully assembled vehicles or on technologies and components related to electric, automated, connected and shared vehicles.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in the Munich Security Conference that “we are proud of our cars and so we should be.” She added that “if that is viewed as a security threat to the United States, then we are shocked”. German car lobby VDA said the countries car industry has created more than 113k jobs in the US in recent years, with around 300 factories. German car companies were the largest car exporters from the US. And VDA said “all this strengthens the USA and is not a security problem.”
