The American customs and border protection guidelines published on Thursday said that automobile parts that correspond to the Canada-USico Agreement on the trade were not met with the tariffs of President Donald Trump.
It is the latest sign of relief for the deeply integrated North American automotive industry, which is besieged by several tariffs.
Trump hit a 25 percent tariff last month on all vehicle imports in the USA, but for the American parts of cars that comply with the Continental Trade Pact, also corresponds to Cusma called Cusma.
The White House originally said that they wanted to develop a similar system for the automatic sub -imports that correspond to Cusma before these obligations were to be set up on May 3.
Industry and experts said that it would be extremely cumbersome and complicated to find a way, only non-American components of car parts to Zöller. Car parts can exceed the border between Canada and the United States several times before a vehicle is finished.
The US customs and border protection guidelines on Thursday said that the exception does not apply to kits-down kits or compilation of automobiles.
The Big Three – Ford, General Motors and Stellantis – had used the Trump administration for months and said that the tasks would increase prices and destroy the North American industry. Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, warned on Thursday that the tariffs could cost the company up to 5 billion US dollars.
Trump gave the auto industry a little delay on Tuesday and said that he only wanted to “help them endure this small transition at short notice”.
He signed an executive order so that companies that pay the automotive dulls, some other taxes – including the 25 percent tasks for steel and aluminum – do not see them on top of each other.
Trump also signed an executive order that offered car manufacturers who end their vehicles in the USA a discount for imported car parts that corresponds to 15 percent of the retail price of a vehicle. The discount would fall to 10 percent the following year.
The order was not clear what would happen to Cusma -compliant sharing, but a fact sheet from the White House later suggested that vehicle components as part of the trading package would get a kind of break.
“The industry has been warning for three months that tariffs on car parts would hire the production,” said Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association in Canada.
Six of the largest lobby groups in the United States sent a letter to the Trump administration in the United States last week before the tasks of the car section would lead to disorders of the supply chain and higher prices. The letter states: “Most auto providers are not triggered for an abrupt tariff that has a disturbance.”
“Many are already in need and are compared with production stops, layoffs and bankruptcy,” says the letter.
Polpe said the Trump administration is standing in front of a “strong line in the sand” with the incoming tasks on car parts. He added that “against the industry that she would switch herself would be a damn political risk.”
Trump has claimed that his tariffs will bring car production back to the United States, but Canadian industry has also been developing since the early 20th century. Canada and the United States have officially integrated the sector into the 1965 trade agreement.
Cusma was negotiated during the first Trump administration and included greater support for the North American automotive industry.
Polpe said that the change in Cusma-compliant sharing was a “recognition that the argument was a terrible risk” to have upcoming layoffs in the automotive sector.
“During this time of the long delay times of the Macros economic effect, you can do everything you want, but you cannot spin people who are at home,” he said.
Stellantis confirmed on Thursday that it will close his car assembly plant in Windsor, ont. From May 5, the company said in an e -mail declaration that the closure was due to preparations for the upcoming start of the model year 2026 Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler Grand Caravan, Chrysler Voyager and Dodge Charger Daytona.
The company said it would “continue to monitor the situation”.