US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to impose a 100-percent tariff on every car manufactured in and imported from Mexico if he is reelected.
The former US president made the remark on Tuesday while speaking about his plans to boost manufacturing in the southern state of Georgia, a battleground state in November’s presidential election.
Trump has previously proposed applying a 100-percent tariff to cars made in Mexico by Chinese firms.
In Tuesday’s speech, he said the only way car manufacturers could avoid the tariffs would be to build a plant in the United States — a comment designed to show his commitment to protecting local jobs.
Japanese automakers are among many from around the world that take advantage of Mexico’s relatively cheap labor costs by manufacturing their cars there.