{"id":113164,"date":"2025-03-27T12:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=113164"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:10:38","slug":"european-stocks-fall-as-auto-tariffs-weigh-on-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/european-stocks-fall-as-auto-tariffs-weigh-on-markets\/03\/27\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"European Stocks Fall as Auto Tariffs Weigh on Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>European stock markets <strong>declined on Thursday<\/strong>, reacting to <strong>U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s new 25% tariffs on all imported automobiles and auto parts<\/strong>. Investors remain cautious ahead of <strong>Trump\u2019s expected announcement of broader trade levies<\/strong> on April 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market Performance (As of 08:05 GMT)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Germany\u2019s DAX<\/strong>: <strong>-1.5%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>France\u2019s CAC 40<\/strong>: <strong>-1.0%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UK\u2019s FTSE 100<\/strong>: <strong>-0.5%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Auto Industry Under Pressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/strong>, set to take effect on <strong>April 2<\/strong>, aim to <strong>boost domestic production and cut trade deficits<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Europe exported 800,000 vehicles to the U.S. last year<\/strong>, four times the number of U.S. cars sent to Europe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Volkswagen (ETR:VOWG_p)<\/strong> is particularly vulnerable, as <strong>43% of its U.S. sales come from Mexico<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other major automakers impacted include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mercedes-Benz (ETR:MBGn)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BMW (ETR:BMWG)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stellantis (NYSE:STLA)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Porsche (ETR:PSHG_p)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>European Commission<\/strong> announced that it will <strong>assess the tariffs and explore negotiations<\/strong>, but fears of a <strong>trade war<\/strong> remain high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trump\u2019s \u201cLiberation Day\u201d Tariffs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Trump has dubbed <strong>April 2 as &#8220;Liberation Day&#8221;<\/strong>, with plans to introduce <strong>reciprocal tariffs<\/strong> on imports from <strong>at least 15 major trading partners<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The move could significantly <strong>disrupt global trade<\/strong> and trigger <strong>retaliatory measures<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Updates: H&amp;M Struggles, Next Surges<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H&amp;M (ST:HMb)<\/strong>: Reported <strong>weaker-than-expected Q1 sales<\/strong>, citing a <strong>slow start to the spring and summer season<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Next (LON:NXT)<\/strong>: Surpassed <strong>\u00a31 billion in annual profit<\/strong> for the first time, with a <strong>10% increase in earnings<\/strong>. The retailer also <strong>raised its profit guidance for 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European stock markets declined on Thursday, reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s new 25% tariffs on all imported automobiles and auto parts. Investors remain cautious ahead of Trump\u2019s expected announcement of broader trade levies on April 2. Market Performance (As of 08:05 GMT) Germany\u2019s DAX: -1.5% France\u2019s CAC 40: -1.0% UK\u2019s FTSE 100: -0.5% Auto &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":70012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113165,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113164\/revisions\/113165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}