Global auto output to shrink 2% on Trump tariffs: forecast

Automakers increasingly step back from shipments to US market

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A worker assembles a pickup truck at a Ford plant in Dearborn, Michigan. North American auto production is expected to decline 9% in 2025. © Reuters

AZUSA KAWAKAMI

NEW YORK -- Global automobile production is on track to decline 2% on the year to 87.9 million vehicles in 2025 as a result of the Trump administration's tariffs, a new forecast for the industry shows.

S&P Global Mobility estimates that output will shrink 1.55 million vehicles compared with 2024. The drop exceeds the roughly 1.4 million units that Japanese automakers export to the U.S. each year.

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