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“The reason for this is the large scale ‘FLOODING’ of these products into the United States by other outside Countries,” Trump said. “It is a very unfair practice, but we must protect, for National Security and other reasons, our Manufacturing process.” The impact of the tariffs on trucks may be more limited, as—unlike furniture—many of the heavy trucks sold in the U.S. are produced domestically. The American Trucking Association said in May that Mexico is the only country that is a significant importer. “Heavy-duty tractors bought by U.S. carriers only come from two places: the United States and Mexico. There are virtually no other countries that export finished heavy-duty tractors into the U.S. market,” the group said in a statement. Trump’s announcement of the tariffs did not directly reference Mexico, but suggested that the President wished to push back against “competition” from unnamed countries.
