As General Motors prepares to make more ventilators, which are needed for critically-ill COVID-19 patients, the company will need to source parts from China — and may have to deal with a 25 per cent tariff upon entry into the U.S. “In a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative, the automaker has asked the Trump administration to drop the import charges on the parts, which will otherwise make the ventilators more expensive and take longer to build.” (Source: Driving.ca) Read the original story…
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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