US carmakers won't win in Trump’s trade war

02/10/2018

Yesterday we posted a recommend from Bloomberg about the supply chain of the humble leather belt, and how it is likely to be impacted by the China-US trade war. Today we turn to Quartz, which has undertaken analysis of the US automotive manufacturing industry, which, given the hyper-dislocated, global nature of modern car building, is particularly vulnerable to volatile traffic structures. “In the long run, this is not a game the US can win. The global car market dwarfs that ...