Trump administration mulls stiffer rules for imported cars

The White House initiative was still in the planning stage, with officials at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working to craft a legal justification for the policy, the paper said.

Really? The same Trump-era EPA that removed environmental restrictions for the oil and gas industry?

Typical example of Trump's stubby right-hand fingers not knowing what the stubby-left hand fingers are doing. He plans to announce a replacement for the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which dictate fuel efficiency and therefore emissions. This will set him up with another major legal confrontation with California, which has pledged to vigorously defend the existing rules that allow it a waiver requiring CAFE standards far exceeding those Federal.

Trump certainly has not helped his case here.

most cars sold in the US are manufactured there even German and Japanese brands. Trump really is a moron. Who said that?

"....most cars sold in the US are manufactured there even German and Japanese brands"

Yes, and did you read the part of the article stating, "Virtually all of those are non-union plants, many of them in southern states." If US makers can recapture more of their former market share, US workers as a whole will be better off.

Globalization: a race to the bottom

They’re non-union plants because the OrangeHead’s friends want them to be non-union. His friends make more money with non-union. If the Orange-One really wants to help American Workers (he doesn’t), he’d Force all non-union auto plants to be union. He won’t because he and his friends would lose money.

All US cars and truck are gas-guzzling low tech rust-bucket. Imported Honda, Toyota, Nissan are hi-tech and eco.

I think Trump and Michael Pence are strong leaders,I like them,but they have not thought this thru. Meeting with PM Abe in Mer-a-lego will in 2 weeks will smooth this over.

Imported Honda, Toyota, Nissan are hi-tech and eco.

That must be why they had to recall a couple of million of them in the last few years due to a range of life-threatening shoddy defects.

This idea that all American cars are cast-iron, poorly made gas-guzzling carbuncles is outdated nonsense. Just look at the eco cars that Tesla, Ford & Chevrolet are making for a start. I'm no great fan of American cars myself, but they are catching up to their Japanese & European rivals quickly.

That must be why they had to recall a couple of million of them in the last few years due to a range of life-threatening shoddy defects. GM and Ford have also had similar recalls, GM even has ignition problems that have killed people. and then Tesla has had similar problems that have killed people also.

UAW do not want car makers automate factories. Machines do not at membership due.

How much Japanese car makers in USA pay fr unskilled laborers? Toyota in Ky. Nissan in Tenn. $45 an hour. They say they can't pay like other type Japaneese electronic device makers.

Trump think. and praise Toyta is American. Industry.

UAW do not want car makers automate factories. Machines do not at membership due.

Has nothing to do with this topic. FYI Foreign car plants (German and Japanese) are non unionized. American: GM Ford et.al. are UWA shops.

Start with the corrupt German Manufacturers - VW/Porche.... can't trust them/won't trust them anymore.

This idea that all American cars are cast-iron, poorly made gas-guzzling carbuncles is outdated nonsense. Just look at the eco cars that Tesla, Ford & Chevrolet are making for a start. I'm no great fan of American cars myself, but they are catching up to their Japanese & European rivals quickly.

True but GM and Ford use the technology engineered at their European plants.

A 'technology transfer' so to say but a legitimate one.

In 10 years Tesla will be history as battery powered cars will not be the technology of the future. Real quality cars in the US however are produced by..... :)

@borscht

"They’re non-union plants because the OrangeHead’s friends want them to be non-union." 

That's reallty funny. They were non-union plants from the day they were set up, in the late 70s to early 80s....on the insistance of the Japanese (who would never tolerate the same situation back home).

@ Reckless

However, no matter the maker I am very hesitant to buy a very small car as I do not want to get injured in a minor traffic accident.

Everything is relative :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWofcLY