The Space Force, an idea from President Donald Trump widely considered dumb and unnecessary by the rest of the American defense establishment, is set to be the sixth branch of the United States military. But before it can be a real thing (and let’s be honest, this train can still be stopped), it needs a logo. And…

Ah, man, it was only a month ago that we’d diverted our attention for a moment from the toxic wasteland of social media to follow Peak Pegasus, a cargo vessel carrying a boatload of soybeans, as it raced to a port in China in a—now futile—effort to beat a new soybean tariff. I’d already forgotten about its journey,…

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The fuel economy fight is happening, Toyota is (still) making a lot of money, Buick is in the news, and more. Welcome to The Morning Shift. It’s Friday!

There have been rumblings about this for a while now, but on Thursday morning the Environmental Protection Agency made it official with a proposal to freeze fuel economy standards at 2020 levels until 2026. Kind of amazingly, this is in part because the EPA argues that lighter, more fuel-efficient cars are more…

Who knew what and when about the health of Fiat Chrysler’s fallen former CEO, tariffs galore, Ford’s troubles and more await you on The Morning Shift for Friday, July 27, 2018.

Unions, tariffs, and everything else making life good and/or hell.

We’ve been hurtling toward 25 percent car tariffs actually happening ever since Trump started threatening them in March. Now, The Washington Post reports that our president is determined to implement them even as advisors “scramble” to stop him.

President Trump’s plan to rollback Obama-era fuel economy targets is set to be unveiled this week, and if a new report from Bloomberg is accurate, that’ll include a revocation of California’s authority to set its own auto emission standards. For automakers, it’s their worst fear come alive.

President Trump’s threatened 25 percent tariff on imported cars would not only dramatically impact automakers both foreign and domestic and cause car prices to increase, it would also spell disaster for PSA Peugeot-Citroën, which is already deep in the process of returning to the North American market.

A couple weeks ago, Harley-Davidson said that it was moving some production overseas thanks to President Trump’s trade war, which made our president mad and led to some angry tweets. After all that, Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury revealed yesterday, he went back to Harley and asked, a bit sadly, could you really…

“We aren’t going to make it Captain,” a young sailor worriedly shouts at his boss as he bursts into the bridge. The Captain furrows his brow and pushes a lever forward on the console. If he pulls it off, he’s a hero. He’ll surely be promoted. It’s all down to this one delivery, getting his soy bean cargo to port in…

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is, at heart, a deeply villainous organization, but, as they say, the enemy of your enemy can be your friend. The Chamber is going after President Trump hard, compiling a list of the states hurt the most because of retaliatory tariffs, and it’s no surprise that states that build cars will…

Following multiple automakers’ negative reaction in response to President Trump’s proposed increase of automotive import tariffs, General Motors and Mazda have separately encouraged the Department of Commerce to reject Trump’s proposal.

Following President Donald Trump ordering the Department of Commerce to open an investigation to determine the effect of imports on national security, and his consistent rhetoric of increasing tariffs on imports including automobiles, Toyota clarified in a statement today that its 137,000 American workers are not a…

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President Donald Trump is threatening a tariff of up to 25 percent on imported cars, an idea that everyone hates. While it’s being touted as leveling the playing field in what he sees as an unfair trade system, the tariff, unsurprisingly, would be very bad for the American consumers—to the tune of about $45 billion…

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In what could be a third volley in the coming trade war with the European Union, following steel and aluminum tariffs by the U.S. and a retaliatory tariff on motorcycles and denim by the European Union, President Donald Trump has again threatened to impose an import tariff on Europe-made vroom vroom machines. While…