Trump tariffs shake Asian carmakers' Mexico production strategies

Policy could backfire on GM and Ford while also harming Nissan, Mazda and Kia

U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened 25% tariff on imports from Mexico could harm both foreign and U.S. automakers. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Koji Uema and Reuters)

YUICHI SHIGA, SAYUMI TAKE and PAK YIU

January 30, 2025 17:28 JST

TOKYO/NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, if he follows through, has automakers -- from Japan's Nissan Motor and South Korea's Kia to America's General Motors and Ford Motor -- scrambling to reconsider their production and sales strategies.