President Donald Trump upended the global trade order when he announced his "Liberation Day" tariffs in April.

After weeks of promising they would be "reciprocal," the tariffs were anything but . Eventually, the U.S. settled on a 10% baseline for every country, even those with no humans living in them .

Such a significant shift has created uncertainty across the auto sector, as U.S. carmakers either adjusted or completely lowered their guidance in the first quarter.

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Months later, the U.S. is still negotiating its deal with Japan , the second-largest U.S. auto importer, crystallizing just how helter-skelter the process has been for all involved.

"The era with globalization and global cars, everything e

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