🇩🇪 Volkswagen Plans “Massive” U.S. Investment — If Trump Lowers Tariffs

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Volkswagen is looking to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump: lower our tariffs, and we’ll pour serious money into America.

🧾 The German automaker just released its Q2 2025 financials, and the numbers are less than stellar:

Revenue: €80.81 billion (down 3% YoY)

Net profit: €2.29 billion (down 36.3% YoY)

Operating profit: €3.83 billion (down 29%)

The hit came largely from weaker sales of Porsche and Audi, costly restructuring, and—most importantly—U.S. tariffs, which alone cost the company €1.3 billion in just the first half of 2025.

In response, CEO Oliver Blume told the Financial Times that Volkswagen is ready to offer the U.S. “huge investments” in exchange for tariff relief. The exact amount hasn’t been disclosed yet.

The current situation:

The U.S. and EU are mid-negotiations over upcoming tariffs.

Talks are supposed to wrap by August 1, 2025.

Volkswagen is hoping the final tariff is capped at 15%, like Japan’s rate.

After that, VW reportedly plans to negotiate directly with President Trump, hoping to secure a special, reduced tariff just for Volkswagen.

No date has been set for those talks, but Blume said VW has “a very attractive proposal” on the table for the U.S.

What do you think? Should the U.S. cut a custom deal with VW, or hold firm on its tariffs across the board? Is this good business or just setting a risky precedent? Let’s discuss
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