No, Mexico didn't take 30% of U.S. auto business as Trump claims

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Trump says Mexico took 30% of U.S. auto business. It didn't.
Trump said Mexico "took 30 percent of our automobile business."

Experts say there isn’t one example of an automaker closing a plant in the U.S. in order to open one in Mexico, much less enough to total 30% of anything.

And Mexican-built cars still account for only 15% of sales in the U.S.

It’s noteworthy that car production has decreased in the U.S. while increasing in Mexico in recent years, and that Mexico has landed the majority of the new vehicle plants built in North America in the last decade.

But neither of those trends match Trump’s description in the more detailed CNBC claim, of plants being closed and workers let go in the U.S. as work moves to Mexico.

We rate Trump’s claim False.
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"General Motors enters 2019 as the top carmaker in Mexico.

The distinction comes as GM plans to shutter four U.S. manufacturing facilities this year, putting thousands of jobs at risk and drawing political and labor criticism of its decision to produce so many vehicles in Mexico, particularly the new Chevrolet Blazer SUV. GM now top automaker in Mexico as it idles US factories

Fact is it is nearly impossible to determine the percent of U.S. Automobiles made in Mexico. Why? Because Mexican exported vehicles contain many parts made in the USA and USA made vehicles contain many Mexican parts. You would have to trace the entire supply chain and that is enormously difficult, especially when most companies have multiple sources.
As to the article I quoted from the Detroit Free Press, you have to believe that the Chevy Blazer being produced in Mexico is replacing production made in the USA. The Blazer is going to be a huge winner either way and I doubt it will be subject to any 25% tariff.
 
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