German BMW Motors last week sent a letter to US Secretary of Commerce Wilber Ross, calling on the US not to impose tariffs on imported cars.
DPA, Reuters and other media reported on the 1st, BMW wrote in the letter: 'The US domestic automobile manufacturing has no obvious correlation with US national security.'
The US Department of Commerce recently investigated whether imported cars threaten national security. The letter from BMW is part of the materials prepared by the company for the investigation.
The BMW company said that the United States threatened to impose tariffs on imported cars. 'It seems to be for certain economic purposes. The theory is that improving the competitiveness of the US economy will enhance US national security'. However, the United States imposes on imported auto parts. Higher tariffs will make other car production outside the US more competitive.
'These factors will significantly increase the cost of US exports of cars to these markets, making the market access of BMW-owned cars in these regions worse, which may lead to a sharp decline in exports, which in turn will negatively affect US investment and employment. influences. '
BMW's world's largest production site is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, and is currently expanding its production capacity to 450,000 vehicles per year. The plant offers approximately 36,000 jobs including subcontractors. BMW The data shows that the United States exported 272,000 BMW cars in 2017.
The automaker said in the letter: 'Separating the United States from foreign competition, American companies will lose their efforts to increase productivity and seek to produce better products at lower cost and provide better service.'
The United States and the European Union have recently entered a tariff dispute. In response to the US high tariff on steel aluminum products in the EU in early June, the EU decided on the 22nd of the same month to impose a 25% tariff on US goods totaling 2.8 billion euros (about 3.26 billion US dollars). President Donald Trump then threatened to impose a 20% tariff on EU cars.
German BMW Motors last week sent a letter to US Secretary of Commerce Wilber Ross, calling on the US not to impose tariffs on imported cars.
DPA, Reuters and other media reported on the 1st, BMW wrote in the letter: 'The US domestic automobile manufacturing has no obvious correlation with US national security.'
The US Department of Commerce recently investigated whether imported cars threaten national security. The letter from BMW is part of the materials prepared by the company for the investigation.
The BMW company said that the United States threatened to impose tariffs on imported cars. 'It seems to be for certain economic purposes. The theory is that improving the competitiveness of the US economy will enhance US national security'. However, the United States imposes on imported auto parts. Higher tariffs will make other car production outside the US more competitive.
'These factors will significantly increase the cost of US exports of cars to these markets, making the market access of BMW-owned cars in these regions worse, which may lead to a sharp decline in exports, which in turn will negatively affect US investment and employment. influences. '
BMW's world's largest production site is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA, and is currently expanding its production capacity to 450,000 vehicles per year. The plant offers approximately 36,000 jobs including subcontractors. BMW The data shows that the United States exported 272,000 BMW cars in 2017.
The automaker said in the letter: 'Separating the United States from foreign competition, American companies will lose their efforts to increase productivity and seek to produce better products at lower cost and provide better service.'
The United States and the European Union have recently entered a tariff dispute. In response to the US high tariff on steel aluminum products in the EU in early June, the EU decided on the 22nd of the same month to impose a 25% tariff on US goods totaling 2.8 billion euros (about 3.26 billion US dollars). President Donald Trump then threatened to impose a 20% tariff on EU cars.
