The Detroit News
Aug. 1, 2025
Grant Schwab
An increasingly outspoken Ford Motor Co. is seeking tariff relief from the Trump administration after the White House reached trade agreements this past week with European and Asian trade partners but not Mexico and Canada.
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Glenn Stevens Jr., executive director of MichAuto, the automotive arm of the Detroit Regional Chamber, said continued uncertainty over trade deals with Canada and Mexico is causing widespread harm across Michigan’s auto industry.
“With prolonged tariff negotiations, our economic uncertainty persists. This is extraordinarily disruptive to Michigan’s most important industries — capital-intensive manufacturing and automotive companies — making it impossible to plan and expand, which impacts our employment and economic base. It is also damaging our automotive companies’ ability to innovate and compete against global competition,” he said in a statement.
Stevens noted that Michigan’s manufacturing-heavy economy, which relies on close ties with Mexico and Canada, puts the state at “greater economic risk than the rest of the nation.”