Detroit parts supplier says tariff bill jumped to $72,500

A Spanish television report follows rising costs from a Michigan warehouse across the border to Windsor, where the mayor describes the strain on neighboring economies.

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A container of car parts once brought a tariff bill of $2,500. Now it costs $72,500, the owner of Detroit Axle tells RTVE Noticias, the news service of Spain's public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española.

Inside the company's Detroit warehouse, the owner describes an abrupt increase in the cost of importing parts. The business brings many components from Asia, refurbishes them and resells them. According to the report, higher tariffs have forced it to raise prices beyond what customers can afford.

"It hurt the American consumer," the owner says.

Correspondent Cristina Olea places that experience against President Donald Trump's promise that tariffs would bring jobs and wealth to the Rust Belt, America's historic industrial heartland. Her report argues that, in the businesses it examines, production costs have increased instead, without the promised factory reopenings.

The story then crosses the bridge to Windsor, Ontario, directly across the Detroit River. Its mayor describes the interdependence of the Canadian and American economies and becomes emotional while discussing the trade conflict. "I've never cried about it before," he says.

The report comes ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Its opening shows election workers sorting mail ballots in Colorado before turning to the economic pressures facing voters in the automobile industry.

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