Tell Trump in the private sector that Michigan’s car jobs depend on changing international tariff

The governor of Michigan state met Grechen and is exclusively in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to bring a case he did not want to hear: the auto industry that he wanted to save was harmed by his definition.

Democrat came with the surface of a slice to make its points in a visual width. Just getting the meeting on Tuesday with the Republican President was an achievement for a person to be seen as a competitor to nominate her white party in 2028.

A strategy that goes through to deal with Trump is a puzzle and other democratic leaders as they try to protect the interests of their countries while expressing their opposition to the schedule of his business. It is a dynamic that Whitmer has moved differently from many other Democratic rulers.

The fact that the fact that Witt is a “opening to make direct calls” was unique to Trump, which was unique at this political moment.

Her third meeting with Trump was in the White House since he took office in January. However, this size was much lower than April when it was part of an improvised press conference, which he embarrassed a lot, covering her face with a folder.

On Tuesday, I told the president that the economic damage caused by the definitions may be severe in Michigan, a state that helped him to hand it to the White House in 2024. Federal support for the recovery efforts has been launched after an ice storm and sought to delay the changes in Medicid.

Trump has not made any specific obligations, according to the people familiar with a private conversation who were not allowed to publicly discuss it and only spoke on the condition that his identity was not disclosed to describe it.

It is hardly and almost passes is the only one who warns of warning against the consequences that are likely to be harmful, including the losses of the factory jobs, the low profits and the upcoming prices, the import taxes that Trump said will be the economic salvation of American manufacturing.

“The commercial frameworks that were negotiated by the administration will open the Japanese, Korean and European markets for vehicles that were conducted on the assembly lines in Michigan,” said White House spokesman Kush Desi.

But the awareness of Trump tends to be great offers by technology executives. At the Oval Office on Wednesday, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, gave the president a dedicated glass panel with a golden base where Cook promised $ 600 billion in investments.

Trump claims to bring $ 17 trillion in investment obligations, although none of these figures has not yet appeared in economic data.

According to a series of executive orders and business frameworks, American auto companies face imports of 50 percent on steel and aluminum, 30 percent on parts of China and a higher rate of 25 percent on the goods from Canada and Mexico is not covered by the current 2020 commercial agreement.

This puts the automotive and parts companies in America in a non -favorable position against the German, Japanese and South Korean vehicles facing an import tax of only 15 percent that Trump negotiated last month.

Moreover, last week Trump threatened a 100 percent tariff on computer chips, which is an integral part of cars and trucks, although it will exclude companies that produce local chips from the tax.

The two previous two meetings with Trump led Michigan. But the customs tariff represents a much wider demand than the president who has imposed it more in the face of criticism.

The materials indicated in the presentation she presented and passed to the meeting and obtained by Associated Press how to trade with Canada and Mexico $ 23.2 billion from investment to Michigan since 2020.

General Motors, Ford and Stelantis run 50 factories across the state, while more than 4,000 supply chain facilities support auto parts. In general, the sector supports nearly 600,000 jobs in manufacturing, which constitutes the backbone of the Michigan economy.

Select and select the main points of the materials to Trump and left copies with his team.

For Grossman, a professor of Michigan state, the main question is whether voters who expected them to be helped by tariffs if Trump taxes fail to achieve promised economic growth.

“Everyone realizes that Michigan is a critical swing and that the auto industry has a great impact, not only directly, but a symbol,” said Grosman.

AP Votecast found that Trump won Michigan in 2024 to a large extent because two -thirds of voters described economic conditions as poor or “not good”. Nearly 70 percent of the voters in the country who were negatively felt the economy supported the Republicans.

The state has been mainly divided on whether customs duties are positive, as Trump gets 76 percent of the voters they saw positively.

General Motors and Ford and Westlantis have warned repeatedly against the administration that the definitions will cut the company’s profits and undermine its global competitiveness. Their efforts led to more than a temporary interruption for a month aimed at giving companies time to adapt. Not a little decline did to hold financial repercussions.

In the second quarter alone, Ford recorded $ 800 million of tariff costs, while General Motors said that import taxes cost $ 1.1 billion. These expenses can make it difficult to re -invest in new local factories, a goal of Trump’s motive.

“We expect the customs tariff to be a clear opposite wind of about two billion dollars this year, and we will continue to monitor developments closely and interact with policy makers to ensure that the carrists are not carried out by auto and customers.

Since Trump returned to the White House, Michigan has lost 7500 industrialization jobs, according to the work statistics office.

Young suppliers also pressed

Detroit Axle, a distributor for a family -run auto parts, was one of the most vocal companies in Michigan about the impact of definitions. The company initially announced that it may have to close a warehouse and remove more than 100 workers, but later it said it will be able to keep the facility open, at least at the present time.

“For the time being, it is a market that is able to survive, it is not the issue of who can flourish,” said Mike Machhenech, the owner of Detroit Huxley.