In response to the news, Mike Hazi, head of the Automobile Manufacturers and Traders Association, said: “The agreement to reduce the customs tariff for car exports in the United Kingdom to the United States is great news for industry and consumers.
“The application of this customs tariff was a severe and immediate threat to the UK car exporters, so this deal will provide the intensity of the need, allowing both the industry and those in which it works to approach the future more positively.”
The news represents a big step from the Mars Declaration, when a draft law that punishes all car makers who import cars to the United States market.
At that time, Trump said that the decision was taken due to the imbalance of US car sales in other markets and claimed that this step would lead to “tremendous growth” for the American auto industry.
About eight million cars were imported to the United States last year, or nearly half of the total sold on the market. Most of them were Mexico, Canada, Germany and Japan.
The news will provide relief to the UK auto manufacturers, especially JLR (Jaguar Land Rover), which the United States is its largest market, after it has sent 130,000 cars there in 2024. Shipping last month stopped to the United States while working on “addressing new trade conditions”.
“The auto industry is vital for the UK’s economic prosperity, keeping 250,000 jobs. We warmly welcome this deal that brings certainty to our sector and the societies that support it.
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MINI will also welcome the news, given that the Mini Coper Hatchback, who has registered close sales in the United States so far this year, has been made in Oxford.
However, the Countryman, which has become larger in its last generation as part of the American market batch, is manufactured in Germany, which is still subject to the 25 tariff.
Customs tariff negotiations between the European Union (which is still a member of Germany) and we are still continuing.