The Detroit News
Oct. 17, 2025
Breana Noble and Luke Ramseth
Under Friday’s proclamation, the 3.75% offset would continue to 2030. That will give manufacturers more time to adjust their supply chains before seeing the full impact of the 25% parts levies. For months, companies like General Motors Co. and Ford have pushed for relief.
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“The most important thing is that it gives you input cost certainty and stability,” Glenn Stevens, executive director of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s MichAuto mobility arm, said of extending the 3.75% offset until 2030. That extension will help automakers feel more comfortable making some large investment decisions, he said, and plan a little further into the future.
There are early indicators that “things are starting to settle” around tariffs and the auto industry following many rapid shifts through the early months of the administration, Stevens said. Automakers, suppliers and others feel like the lines of communication are open now with the administration, he said, and the administration has a better understanding of the companies’ ‘ complex supply chains. But there still is much to be sorted out — most notably negotiations over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.