John Irwin

Reporter at Automotive News Canada

Reporter @Automotive_News covering suppliers. Prior: @AutoNewsCanada, @business, @DeadlineDetroit

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Why steel and aluminum tariffs are keeping auto suppliers up at night

6 days ago | autonews.com | John Irwin

Spools of steel sit at a facility in Hamilton, Ontario. Steel and aluminum tariffs extend beyond the metals themselves.
Automotive News PACE Awards go to Dana, Flex, Lear, Marelli, 7 other suppliers

1 week ago | autonews.com | John Irwin
Tariff impact is like 2008 financial crisis, COVID and microchip shortage combined, Magna CEO says

1 week ago | autonews.com | John Irwin

Tariffs are already having a major impact on the auto industry, Magna International CEO Swamy Kotagiri said at an April 15 Automotive Press Association event.
Tariff impact like '08 financial crisis, COVID and chip shortage combined, Magna CEO says

1 week ago | crainsdetroit.com | John Irwin

The impact of tariffs on the auto industry is the combination of the 2008 financial crisis, the COVID pandemic and the microchip shortage, Magna International CEO Swamy Kotagiri said. “I’m not being dramatic when I say it’s all rolled into one,” Kotagiri said at an April 15 Automotive Press Association event at Magna’s U.S. headquarters in Troy. “It’s demand destruction, affordability of vehicles, interest rates and, on top of that, supply chain disruptions.
PACE pilot finalists

1 week ago | autonews.com | John Irwin

Supplier Magna International Inc. said an AI-based convolutional neural network it developed can help thermal sensing systems better detect animals and people.
Take a look at how tariff stacking impacts vehicles, auto parts

1 week ago | autonews.com | Timothy Reck |Molly Boigon |John Irwin
How shifting tariffs will 'stack' — or not — has auto suppliers at a loss

1 week ago | crainsgrandrapids.com | Advanced Manufacturing Expo |John Irwin |Andy Balaskovitz

Automotive parts suppliers are scrambling to cope with the compounding nature of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the speed with which the new levies are coming into effect. “There are so many tariffs that suppliers are left sort of guessing what the total tariff will be when they get to the border,” said Michael Robinet, vice president of forecast strategy at S&P Global Mobility.
Tariffs remain on autos, steel, aluminum despite Trump’s reciprocal duty pause

1 week ago | crainscleveland.com | John Irwin

The reciprocal duties that Trump announced April 2 were suspended until July 9. Tariffs on imports from most trading partners ranged from 10 percent to 50 percent. The individualized tariff rates are mostly gone, but a 10 percent baseline tariff is in effect instead. It applies to goods from all U.S. trading partners except Canada, Mexico and China. Canadian and Mexican goods are exempt from the reciprocal tariffs.
Tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum remain in effect despite Trump’s reciprocal duty pause

1 week ago | autonews.com | John Irwin

President Donald Trump has promised to implement more sectoral tariffs, including on semiconductors, copper, pharmaceuticals and other products.
Automakers, suppliers worry about rapidly stacking tariff costs

2 weeks ago | autonews.com | John Irwin

The complex nature of these tariffs could cause bottlenecks or slowdowns at the border, especially as more levies go into effect.

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