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Sebelum ini, Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Donald Trump telah membuat keputusan untuk mengadakan sekatan terhadap Huawei kerana menganggap pengeluar telefon pintar itu sebagai satu ancaman kepada keselamatan negara.

Kini, presiden Amerika Syarikat ke-45 itu beranggapan pengeluar kereta Jepun dan Eropah sebagai ancaman baharu negara itu lantas bertindak memberhentikan hubungan perdagangan dengan mereka buat sementara waktu.

Tindakan tersebut mencetuskan rasa kecewa Presiden Toyota Motor selaku pengerusi Persatuan Pengilang Automobil Jepun (JAMA), Akio Toyoda.

Sumber: Automotive News

“Kami kecewa apabila diberitahu sumbangan dan pelaburan termasuk peluang pekerjaan yang disediakan di Ameriaka Syarikat tidak disambut dengan baik.

“Saya cukup kecewa dengan Trump. Sekatan perdagangan ini bukan sahaja akan memberi impak negatif terhadap industri automotif di A.S malah ekonomi,” jelasnya.

Data terbaru menunjukkan syarikat pengeluar Jepun telah melabur lebih USD51 bilion di A.S dan telah menghasilkan lebih 94,000 peluang pekerjaan.

“Data ini jadi bukti sumbangan ahli JAMA kepada A.S. Kami juga yakin kenderaan dan serta sektor pengilangan tidak mengancam keselamatan negara itu,” tambah Toyoda.

Ahli JAMA – Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru dan Toyota – memiliki lebih 24 pusat pengilangan dengan 45 pusat penyelidikan dan 39 pusat pengedar di seluruh A.S.

Pada 2018 sahaja, JAMA telah mengeluarkan lebih 3.7 juta kenderaan dan 4.4 juta enjin. Lebih daripada 420,000 kenderaan telah dieksport dari A.S pada tahun sama.

Sejak 1982, pengeluar kenderaan Jepun telah menghasilkan lebih 84 juta kenderaan di AS sahaja.

Sementara itu, Pengarah Urusan JAMA Amerika Syarikat, Manny Manriquez berkata kenderaan Jepun menjadi popular di negara itu disebabkan kualiti pembinaan.

“Pengeluar kereta Jepun terkenal dengan pembinaan kenderaan yang berkualiti dan mampu milik,” katanya.

Sebelum ini, Trump telah memberi tempoh enam bulan kepada Jepun dan Kesatuan Eropah untuk merunding semula perjanjian perdagangan dua hala dengan A.S agar industri kereta Amerika Syarikat dilindungi.

  • Harley-Davidson has announced its plans to move its production to their plants outside of the US.

  • Due to the trade wars between the US and EU, the import tariff for US-made bikes has been raised by 25%.

  • The President of the United States, Donald Trump, had a few remarks to say about H-D on his Twitter page.

The latest trade wars between the US and the European Union (EU) has resulted in some nasty remarks between a few key parties in the motorcycling industry as well as the President of the United States, Donald Trump. (more…)

  • The EU will levy heavy tariffs against U.S.-made products.

  • The victims include Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycles.

  • The tariffs are a retaliation against the U.S. adding tariffs on imported steel by 25%.

In the latest trade wars with the U.S., the European Union (EU) has just retaliated against American President Donald Trump’s decision to levy new import taxes on steel and aluminium from Europe. A hefty 25% tariff will be put in place for the American-made bikes, including a whole list of other American-made products.

The EU had threatened reprisals against the U.S., who adopted the new tariffs earlier this month by adding a 25% tariff on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminium.

The European nations unanimously supported the plan last week. The European Commission is due to meet later today. They have so far listed 10 pages full of American products. As for motorcycles, the tariff is worded as:

  • Motorcycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without sidecar. With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 500cc but not exceeding 800cc.
  • Motorcycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without sidecar. With reciprocating internal combustion engine of a cylinder capacity exceeding 800cc.

Which means any bike from the US that’s bigger than 500cc will be subject to the new tax.

This does not bode well especially for Harley-Davidson who are being hit hard by low sales in America and has been depending on international sales. Indian Motorcycles, on the other hand, had been performing well on all counts but this ruling will no doubt hit them hard, also.

But it isn’t only bad news from Europe, as India had also slammed US motorcycles above 800cc with a 50% duty, as a retaliation against the U.S. who had also levied a 25% tariff on Indian steel

The U.S. tariffs are part of President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign which seeks to protect the country’s industries.

Yes, you can say it in Trump’s voice: “This YUGE!”

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