Trump faces tough sell to dealers bracing for auto tariffs

Trump and Ross — President Trump, pictured here in a file photo with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, has been ramping up pressure on Mexico to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S. (BLOOMBERG/Bloomberg)

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JENNY LEONARD

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Bloomberg

February 12, 2019 12:06 PM

Car dealer Jim Smail in Greensburg, Pa., voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because he wanted a businessman in the White House. The president's trade wars have changed his mind.

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