The United Auto Workers (UAW) is praising President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs, thanking him for “stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working class communities for decades.”
On Wednesday evening, Trump announced 25-percent tariffs on all auto imports to the United States market — a move geared toward protecting American jobs and manufacturing that have been devastated by free trade deals for more than 25 years.
UAW President Shawn Fain, who campaigned for former President Joe Biden last year, hailed the auto tariffs as a critical investment in the nation’s auto industry.
“We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals, and the Trump administration has…
