Trump says imports of autos and auto parts do not pose a threat to national security, but the U.S. balance sheet with the rest of the world does
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Still, Trump's answer seemed to suggest the still-confidential Commerce Department report, delivered to the White House last month, did not find a specific threat from automotive imports, but a more general threat from the trade imbalance that the United States runs with the rest of the world. "I’ll tell you what the end game is. They’ll build their plants in the United States, and they have no tariffs," Trump said.
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