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U.S. Automakers’ Foreign Troubles Now Extend to Canada

U.S. trade policy has devastated the Canadian auto industry and pushed the country to reach an agreement that will make it easier for Chinese companies to sell cars there.

Β© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Canada could serve as an important test market for Chinese automakers, like Geely, which is producing vehicles at a plant in Hangzhou, China.
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New Car Sales Are Rising Thanks to Purchases by the Well-Off

A larger proportion of new cars are being bought by affluent Americans as prices and interest rates for auto loans climb, analysts said.

Β© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Wealthy consumers are keeping new car sales humming even as the auto industry battles tariffs, high interest rates and near-record prices.
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Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius

The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.

Β© Adam Riding for The New York Times

The marketing for the Toyota Prius may have inadvertently started the culture war around hybrid and electric vehicles by characterizing them as a way to save the planet, some experts say.
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U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight

The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had β€œpersisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives” against U.S. companies.
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