MNI BRIEF: U.S. Seen Easing Canada Auto Tariffs- Martinrea

The U.S. will eventually come to a deal with Canada providing relief on auto tariffs according to Rob Wildeboer, co-founder of parts supplier Martinrea International who met earlier this month with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. 

It's become clearer to White House advisers America's auto industry can't function without supply chains smoothly moving products across North American borders, Wildeboer told the Canadian Club of Toronto Wednesday. While U.S. decisions have been "incoherent" he said, "we’re going to get to a better place." 

“We’re in the fourth or fifth inning of a nine-inning game, which could be extended,” Wildeboer said at the panel talk. (See: MNI INTERVIEW: Trump Risks North American Recession- NS FinMin) North American measures boosting the region's auto production by 2 million units from today's 15 million would make a continental deal easier he said, adding “we gotta keep China out… because they cheat.”