Working-class car buyers will be the hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on imported vehicles because almost all low-cost new cars sold in the United States are built elsewhere.

President Trump escalated his trade war with partners when he announced this week he would impose a 25-percent tariff on foreign vehicles and automobile parts. The president argued that tariffs would encourage foreign car producers to move production into the United States and boost American jobs,

President Donald Trump expressed confidence that his tariff policy would prompt more Americans to buy cars made in the U.S.