Automakers Are Scrambling Ahead of Trump’s Tariffs

汽车制造商们在特朗普关税来临前纷纷忙碌应对

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2025-02-20

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 19. Overseas automakers were counting on the U.S. market to keep their business humming; now, proposed tariffs could threaten it. WSJ European autos reporter Stephen Wilmot joins to talk about how car companies are preparing. Plus, startup data company Crunchbase is launching an AI-powered prediction tool. Belle Lin, who covers AI and enterprise technology for WSJ, talks about what could make that useful to investors. And President Trump trades barbs with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Alex Ossola hosts. Listen to “The Unraveling of Trevor Milton” on the Bad Bets podcast.  Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • With record levels of dry powder available for investment.

  • Find out what's in store for private markets in 2025 and beyond.

  • Listen to Crafting Capital in partnership with ubs@partners.WSJ.com UBS, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

  • President Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy trade barbs in a growing rift between the US And Ukraine.

  • Plus, global automakers are scrambling ahead of Trump's proposed tariffs.

  • The whole thing's so uncertain that be very reluctant to invest purely

  • on the basis of tariffs alone.

  • That said, the US Is a very important market for them and they've been investing in it for decades.

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  • A data company thinks so.

  • It's Wednesday, February 19th.

  • I'm Alex Osila for the Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of what's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • First, in international news, President Trump has stepped up attacks on Volodymyr Zelensky,

  • calling the Ukrainian president a, quote, dictator without elections.

  • The comments come after Zelenskyy said Trump was repeating Russian propaganda points.

  • The exchange marks a significant escalation in a feud that could complicate efforts to end the war.

  • Yesterday, Trump accused Zelenskyy of starting the war in Ukraine,

  • which began