Donald Trump plans to impose 35% tax on BMW cars from Mexico

New US President Donald Trump has warned BMW that he may impose a 35% tax on BMW cars imported from the Mexico plant. This is was discussed in an interview that he did with German newspaper Bild.

A BMW spokeswoman said a BMW Group plant in San Luis Potosi would build the BMW 3 Series starting from 2019 for the global market. The plant in Mexico would be an addition to existing 3 Series production facilities in Germany and China.

Trump said that BMW should build its new car factory in the United States and claims that this will be beneficial for the company.

He then said that Germany was a great car producer. Trump also argued that Germans do not buy Chevrolets that much so that’s an unfair one way street.

A BMW spokeswoman said the company was “very much at home in the U.S.,” employing directly and indirectly nearly 70,000 people in the country.