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| https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/-mccaskill-voices-concerns-over-potential-new-tariffs-on-cars | McCaskill Voices Concerns Over Potential New Tariffs on Cars | 2018-09-26 | 2018 | 2018-09 | Democrat | House | MO | Claire McCaskill | M001170 | www.mccaskill.senate.gov | legacy | McCaskill Voices Concerns Over Potential New Tariffs on Cars Missouri is home to more than 150,000 jobs associated with automobile manufacturing; Senator has been fierce advocate on behalf of Missourians hurt by ongoing trade war Wednesday, September 26, 2018 WASHINGTON At a Senate hearing today on the impact of potential new tariffs on automobiles, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill highlighted the critical role automobile manufacturing plays in Missouri and the negative impact those tariffs would have on Missouri workers. We are a major auto hub in Missouri 167,000 is the estimate of workers we have in Missouri associated with the manufacturing of automobilesso it is a big deal to my state how we handle this, said McCaskill at a Senate Finance Committee hearing today. So far, these tariffs are impacting farmers in my state, workers in my state, and consumers in my stateall negatively. ClickHEREto watch McCaskill's statement during the hearing. President Trump and the Administration have begun the process to potentially impose tariffs on the automobile industry, citing national security concerns. Missouri is home to thousands of automobile manufacturing jobs at factories across the state which built more than 750,000 vehicles in 2017 alone, including a Ford manufacturing plant in Claycomo and a GM manufacturing plant in Wentzville. McCaskill has been a strong advocate on behalf of Missouri businesses and workers in the face of the ongoing trade war. Last week, McCaskill sent aletterto the Secretary of Commerce to relay theconcernsof Missouri manufacturing and agriculture leaders raised during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee roundtable that shechaired in St. Louis. Earlier this week, McCaskillsaid of the latest $200 billion in tariffs, This trade war has already cost Missouri jobs and hurt our farmers and ranchersI don't understand why we'd dramatically escalate it. In June, McCaskilltoured Mid Continent Nail Corporation, the largest U.S. producer of steel nails, which was forced to reduce its workforce by more than 30percent and may be forced to close its Poplar Bluff operations while it waits for the Department of Commerce to decide on a tariff exclusion requestbecause ofsoaring costs and canceled sales resulting fromthe tariffs that the Administration placed on the wire that the company uses to produce nails. Additionally, McCaskill hascalled on the Administrationto end the trade war, and is working across the aisle tobring greater Congressional oversightto tariff decisions and thetariff exclusion process. Visitmccaskill.senate.gov/jobsto learn more about McCaskill's fight to boost job opportunities in Missouri. ### Print Email Tweet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |