Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.
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.
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.
The administration has downplayed concerns β from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble β as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.
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.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had βpersisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directivesβ against U.S. companies.