Trump import tariffs have negatively impacted on US auto manufacturing cost inputs due to
an increasing %age of Chinese manufactured components in the US auto manufacturers'
supply chain.
https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/working_papers/id-19-060_chinese_auto_parts_final_080519-compliant_0.pdf
The question is while there may be a US political will to decouple from China, can the US automotive manufacturing
afford to do so?
