WATCH: White House holds news briefing with Bessent, announcing Trump will relax some auto tariffs

President Donald Trump will relax some of his 25 percent auto tariffs to help domestic carmaking, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

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Leavitt declined to provide details of the relief for autos and auto parts before Trump signs Tuesday’s executive order. Bessent said the goal is to enable automakers to create more domestic manufacturing jobs. Trump himself has suggested the changes would come.

Automakers and independent analyses have indicated that Trump’s tariffs could raise prices, hurt sales and make the U.S. sector less competitive worldwide.

“President Trump has had meetings with both domestic and foreign auto producers, and he’s committed to bringing back auto production to the U.S.,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. “So we want to give the automakers a path to do that, quickly, efficiently and create as many jobs as possible.”