Samsung, LG, Kia, POSCO na makampuni mengine mengi ya Korea yamelazimika kutathmini upya gharama za kuendesha viwanda nchini Mexico na Kanada, baada ya Rais wa Marekani Donald Trump kusisitiza ahadi yake ya kutoza ushuru wa asilimia 25 kwa nchi hizo mbili za Amerika Kaskazini.
Trump alisema wakati wa kuapishwa kwake kwamba serikali yake haijajiandaa kwa mpango wa ushuru wa kimataifa, ambao unalenga kutoza ushuru wa asilimia 10 hadi 20 kwa bidhaa zote zinazoagizwa kutoka nje. Hata hivyo, alitishia kuanza kutoza ushuru mkubwa mwezi ujao kwa bidhaa kutoka nchi jirani, licha ya mkataba wao wa biashara huria wa pande tatu na Marekani.
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Samsung, LG, Kia, POSCO and multiple other Korean companies have been forced to reassess costs for running factories in Mexico and Canada, after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his pledge of 25 percent tariffs on the two North American countries.
Trump said on his inauguration that his government has not prepared for the universal tariff plan, which aims to impose 10 to 20 percent tariffs on all imports. However, he threatened to start levying hefty tariffs next month on goods from neighboring countries, despite their trilateral free trade pact with the United States.
Both Samsung and LG are reportedly considering reducing the production of home appliances at their Mexican factories, while increasing the output from their U.S. plants.
According to industry officials, Samsung is thinking of producing its laundry dryers in the U.S. state of South Carolina, instead of the Mexican state of Queretaro. Samsung Electro-Mechanics has already put off its plan to build an automotive camera module factory in Mexico.
LG Electronics is said to be considering relocating its refrigerator production line from the Mexican city of Nuevo Leon to the U.S. state of Tennessee, which accommodates the company’s factories producing laundry machines and dryers.
Trump alisema wakati wa kuapishwa kwake kwamba serikali yake haijajiandaa kwa mpango wa ushuru wa kimataifa, ambao unalenga kutoza ushuru wa asilimia 10 hadi 20 kwa bidhaa zote zinazoagizwa kutoka nje. Hata hivyo, alitishia kuanza kutoza ushuru mkubwa mwezi ujao kwa bidhaa kutoka nchi jirani, licha ya mkataba wao wa biashara huria wa pande tatu na Marekani.
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Samsung, LG, Kia, POSCO and multiple other Korean companies have been forced to reassess costs for running factories in Mexico and Canada, after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his pledge of 25 percent tariffs on the two North American countries.
Trump said on his inauguration that his government has not prepared for the universal tariff plan, which aims to impose 10 to 20 percent tariffs on all imports. However, he threatened to start levying hefty tariffs next month on goods from neighboring countries, despite their trilateral free trade pact with the United States.
Both Samsung and LG are reportedly considering reducing the production of home appliances at their Mexican factories, while increasing the output from their U.S. plants.
According to industry officials, Samsung is thinking of producing its laundry dryers in the U.S. state of South Carolina, instead of the Mexican state of Queretaro. Samsung Electro-Mechanics has already put off its plan to build an automotive camera module factory in Mexico.
LG Electronics is said to be considering relocating its refrigerator production line from the Mexican city of Nuevo Leon to the U.S. state of Tennessee, which accommodates the company’s factories producing laundry machines and dryers.