GM asks for US import tariff exemption on its China-built Buick Envision
Sydney/Detroit — General Motors (GM) has asked the Trump administration to exclude its China-built Buick Envision from import tariffs, saying they would harm the company’s ability to compete in the US luxury SUV market. GM sold 210,000 Envisions in China last year but just 42,000 in the US — not enough deliveries in its domestic market to support a US manufacturing plant. But the model is still needed to field a complete line-up and take on the likes of Audi, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz, the car maker said in a July 30 letter to US trade representative Robert Lighthizer. "In order to have that vehicle available in the US market, this is the only way that it can work for us," GM president Dan Ammann told reporters at an event in Detroit on Friday. US President Donald Trump’s administration said in June that it planned to impose 25% duties on Chinese products, including motor vehicles, which could boost the price of a $31,995 Envision by about $8,000. Trade tensions have kept escalating s...
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