Blunt said in an interview the U.S. companies and workers “definitely are at a disadvantage” because they face a 50% tariff on steel and aluminum and a 25% tariff on parts and finished vehicles, with some exceptions for products covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that went into effect in 2020.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a Truth Social post that the United States reached a trade deal with Japan. “Japan will open their Country to Trade including Cars and Trucks, Rice and certain other Agricultural Products,

Japan has dodged a higher tariff on imports to the U.S. under a deal announced by President Donald Trump that follows a similar deal with the Philippines