General Motors CEO downplays worries about Trump tariffs: ‘Part of negotiations’

Published December 12, 2024 1:23pm ET



General Motors CEO Mary Barra expressed tentative optimism about how President-elect Donald Trump’s America First agenda will affect the manufacturing industry during his second term. 

Trump has promised to enact massive tariffs on competitor countries in order to bring back manufacturing jobs to the United States in cities such as Detroit, where GM and other top automotive companies are based.  

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