EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom was in Washington last week to discuss a limited free-trade agreement with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Those talks are mainly focused on regulatory cooperation and do not deal with tariffs on autos.
Trump decided last week to hold off on imposing auto tariffs for now but U.S. officials made clear to their European counterparts that the truce might not hold much longer if they fail to deliver in the trade talks with the White House, two of the people said.
http://www.newser.com/story/267871/trump-hints-at-big-auto-tariff-amid-gm-closures.html
[h=1]Trump Issues New Threat in Wake of GM Closures[/h]
Why do articles like this always mention the existing 2.5% tariff we have on imported cars, but completely ignore the existing 10% tariff going the other way? Yep, when a US car company wants to sell American-built cars in Germany, they get to pay a 10% tariff and it's been that way essentially forever.[h=1]German car CEOs straddle thin line in White House trade meeting[/h]
http://www.autonews.com/article/20181203/OEM02/181209927/trump-vw-daimler-bmw-meeting