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.

T he U.S. and Japan have reached a trade agreement under which the longtime U.S. will face a 15% tariff—down from a previously threatened 25%—President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, as Japan’s Prime Minister hailed the move as a “new golden era” in the relationship between the two countries.

A day after the United States reached a trade deal that imposes a 15 percent tariff on imports from Japan, President Donald Trump declared that U.S. business would “BOOM.” But early reads from auto analysts paint a murkier picture — if anything, some experts say, Japanese companies may benefit more than their rivals for now.