Trump says he will tax Mexican auto imports by 200% and make them ‘unsellable’ in the US

Former President Trump Tuesday said he would implement a 200% tariff on all Chinese auto imports from Mexico, which he said would make them “unsellable” in the U.S.

“Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Trump said at a town hall event in Flint, Mich., hosted by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “I took in $467 billion from China. Nobody else took in anything.”

Former President Trump at a town hall event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

Trump predicated his comments about implementing a 200% tax on Mexican auto imports with a story about one of his friends in the auto manufacturing industry. Trump said he asked that friend to show him a contemporary, top-of-the-line automaking plant located in the U.S. But, according to Trump, his friend told him that was not possible, because the U.S. only has smaller auto manufacturing plants, while the major ones are located in Mexico and are mostly run by China. 

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“They think they’re going to make their cars [in Mexico] and they’re going to sell them across our line and

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