A White House spokesman said the president “gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”President Trump touring a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday.

The European Commission allowed carmakers to volunteer limits on their imports from China instead of paying tariffs, an arrangement that could help Volkswagen.The Cupra Tavascan, an electric vehicle made by Volkswagen in China, at the Munich auto show in 2023.

The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.Electric vehicles at a Volkswagen plant in Dresden, Germany. The company is an extreme example of how difficult it has been for foreign automakers to cope in the U.S. car market.

General Motors said it was writing down the value of battery and electric vehicle factories after changes in federal policy undercut demand.Battery assembly at a General Motors facility in Spring Hill, Tenn. Electric cars have become more difficult to sell since the elimination of federal tax credits last year.

At the CES conference, Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, said the more efficient and powerful chip would begin shipping later this year.Nvidia’s Vera Rubin on display at a company conference in October. The new chip is named for an astronomer whose research supported the existence of dark matter.