The factory will recycle and repurpose parts like batteries and wheels, as well as materials such as copper, steel, aluminum and plastics.

Although there are clear precedents, the current plan has some unusual factors.

“We have tariffs,” President Trump said. “We just have them in a different way.”

Among the major questions left unanswered for U.S. importers are how they recoup the money the government collected over the past year.

Trump called the decision “the single largest deregulatory action in American history, by far,” and labeled the endangerment finding “one of the greatest scams in history."

The vote on February 11 represents an increase in political pressure to change course on Trump’s signature economic policy just months before the midterm elections.

Chief executive Jim Farley said on February 10 that Ford spent double what it had expected on tariffs in 2025.

For manufacturers, distributors and import-dependent businesses, the tariff environment of 2025 has led to the clearest runway for U.S. reindustrialization in decades.

BYD's lawsuit echoes other recent court challenges that have questioned the legality of President Donald Trump's tariffs.