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Exclusive: The Trump administration has so far rebuffed requests from Ford and other U.S. automakers for relief from aluminum tariffs after fires at a major American factory created supply bottlenecks for vehicles including the F-150 pickup.

Ford Asks Trump Administration for Relief as Tariffs Pummel F-150
The Detroit company and other carmakers are reeling after a domestic supplier went offline, but the administration hasn’t budged.
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10:08 PM · Apr 7, 2026

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Ford Asks Trump Administration for Relief as Tariffs Pummel F-150

The Detroit company and other carmakers reel after a domestic supplier goes offline, but the administration hasn’t budged

By Gavin Bade, Bob Tita and Ryan Felton
April 7, 2026 10:00 pm ET

The Trump administration has so far rebuffed requests from Ford Motor and other U.S. automakers for relief from aluminum tariffs after fires at a major American factory created supply bottlenecks for vehicles including the F-150 pickup, according to people familiar with the talks.

Last fall, two fires at the Novelis aluminum rolling plant in Oswego, N.Y., took the facility offline at least until June. The fires occurred in the part of the plant where aluminum is rolled into thin sheets that are later stamped into automotive body parts. The plant is the largest domestic supplier of aluminum sheet for the U.S. automotive industry, serving about a dozen companies including Ford, Stellantis, General Motors and foreign automakers with U.S. production facilities.

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