U.S. auto tariffs rose from 2.5% to 27.5%, and $550 billion in protection fees were paid to lower them to 15%, yet auto exports to the U.S. still fell 16%.

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No source is recorded on this claim directly. It entered the record through This is an interesting hypothesis about what the current crisis that Japan is facing right now and it's rather controversial, but worth a discussion | Japan's collapse speed will leave everyone dumbfounded.In the past, it was Japan's "Lost Thirty Years." Now, Japan has entered "countdown to freefall .

Origin: extracted from This is an interesting hypothesis about what the current crisis that Japan is facing right now and it's rather controversial, but worth a discussion | Japan's collapse speed will leave everyone dumbfounded.In the past, it was Japan's "Lost Thirty Years." Now, Japan has entered "countdown to freefall · 2026-10-08 02:42