Top 5 stories of the week: Dispute over tariff costs among GM suppliers threatens pickups

Nexteer's Global Technical Center handles R&D, design, testing, validation and manufacturing. Nexteer supplies steering columns for GM vehicles and is in a dispute with tie-rod manufacturer Primax, which has halted deliveries. (NEXTEER AUTOMOTIVE CORP.)

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Terry Kosdrosky

April 18, 2025 01:19 PM

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In the shadow of China’s military, Taiwan’s globally critical suppliers keep working

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If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was bad for the auto industry, that conflict might seem like a speed bump compared with the chaos unleashed by a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

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Hans Greimel

In the shadow of China’s military, Taiwan’s globally critical suppliers keep working

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Car buyers trying to beat tariff price hikes did a ‘bank run’ on dealers’ lots in April

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By:

Larry P. Vellequette

Car buyers trying to beat tariff price hikes did a ‘bank run’ on dealers’ lots in April