Comment by myrmidon

> The idea the pickup trucks are wanted in Europe is hilarious.

While demand is much lower than in the US, it's still not zero.

But I'm talking about US import tariffs, not EU.

"Light trucks" have like 80% market share in the US; if you have 25% tariffs on those (for over 60 years now, too) then there is no room to complain about 10% car tariffs in the EU, full stop.

You could make a strong argument that Fords dominance in the segment was significantly helped by protectionism (without those tariffs Ford etc. would face much stiffer foreign competition).