Tariffs unlikely to change China’s key role in US auto supply chain. Here’s why

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Tariffs unlikely to change China’s key role in US auto supply chain. Here’s why

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s tariffs on most goods from China, even if rates remain at a stratospheric 145%, will not fundamentally change the U.S. auto supply chain’s dependence on the rival nation, industry experts say.“I’m sure you could figure out how to make a relatively low-volume car, maybe a very simple car without China,” said Dan Hearsch, Americas leader of the automotive and industrial practice at consulting firm AlixPartners LLP. “But why bother? Why would you? It would not be commercially viable.”China has been an ascendant automotive powerhouse for decades, beginning with a 1994 government plan for suppliers to ..