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Auto stocks slide as US tariffs send 'fatal signal' for trade

(Reuters) -Shares of global automakers took a dive on Thursday after President Donald Trump put a wall of tariffs around the U.S. automotive sector, exacerbating worries over the impact on global trade and potential hits to industry profits. Trump on Wednesday followed through on weeks of threats for new tariffs on imported cars, saying a 25% import tax on vehicles not built in the U.S. would begin on April 3. Although the duties have been well flagged, shares in automakers across the globe tumbled on Thursday, with U.S. auto giant General Motors sliding 7% in premarket trading and Ford Motor shedding about 4%.

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Investors react as Trump auto tariffs rattle markets

U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday the United States will effectively charge a 25% tariff on all cars not made in the country and that the new duties on cars and light trucks imported into the United States will be permanent. This exacerbates already weak European consumer sentiment for high-ticket cars.