cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43069545

President Donald Trump’s administration will move to reduce the impact of his automotive tariffs on Tuesday by alleviating some duties imposed on foreign parts in domestically manufactured cars and keeping tariffs on cars made abroad from piling on top of other ones, officials said. “President Trump is building an important partnership with both the domestic automakers and our great American workers,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a statement from the White House.

  • RandAlThor@lemmy.caOP
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    If Trump had made this announcement in the morning, or the day before, this could have swung the election in favor of conservatives.

    • dhork@lemmy.world
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      He probably thought they held their election on Tuesday, because doesn’t everyone?