Trump gives automakers a tariff break

By Mara Liasson

Published March 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM EST

President Trump says U.S. automakers will get a one-month break on steep tariffs for Canadian and Mexican goods.

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Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC 鈥� focusing on the White House and Congress 鈥� and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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