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Sweeping tariffs shake the auto industry and its consumers
Audi is directly in the firing line of Trump's tariffs, with its best-selling U.S. model, the Q5, produced in Mexico, and its remaining models all coming from Europe or elsewhere.
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Christina Amann and Victoria Waldersee, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The most prominent in the firing line was Perkins Coie, the firm that represented the presidential campaign of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
Luxury products are directly in the firing line of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, as they are frequently manufactured in Europe and exported Stateside.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, low-income kids with undocumented immigrant parents and older survivors living abroad with foreign family members as payees are squarely in the firing line.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Christina Amann and Victoria Waldersee, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The most prominent in the firing line was Perkins Coie, the firm that represented the presidential campaign of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
Luxury products are directly in the firing line of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, as they are frequently manufactured in Europe and exported Stateside.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
In other words, low-income kids with undocumented immigrant parents and older survivors living abroad with foreign family members as payees are squarely in the firing line.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“In the firing line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20firing%20line. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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