Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), U.K.-based luxury automaker, said it will “pause” shipments of vehicles to the United States this month, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s imposition of hefty tariffs on foreign-made cars.
The company, which exports almost a quarter of its annual production to the U.S., is suspending shipments as a “short-term action” until longer-term solutions are worked out, according to a statement sent to media outlets.
“As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions, including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans,” JLR said in a statement to the BBC and other outlets.
JLR generates more of its revenue in the U.S. than in any other market, making the British car maker particularly vulnerable to Trump’s trade war, according to The Times, which reported the suspension earlier Saturday.
Overall, one in eight U.K.-built cars are exported to the U.S. The new trade rules imposed this week by Trump put more than 25,000 direct jobs in the automobile-manufacturing industry at risk, with JLR and the Cowley Mini being the most exposed, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).
