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Column: Forecast calls for another cruel April in the auto industry

New Subaru vehicles in a storage lot at Auto Warehouse Co. in Richmond, Calif. President Donald Trump said he will be implementing a 25% tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the U.S. and setting the stage for an even broader push on levies next week.
President Donald Trump said he will be implementing a 25 percent tariff on auto imports, expanding a trade war designed to bring more manufacturing jobs to the U.S. and setting the stage for an even broader push on levies next week. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Jamie Butters
March 27, 2025 05:49 PM

News columnists often invoke T.S. Eliot’s smear of April as “the cruelest month.”

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