ONE of the biggest casualties of Donald Trump’s potential tariffs on Mexico and Canada is likely to be the Japanese automaker that can least afford the pain: Nissan.
While it’s unclear whether the US President will follow through with his promised 25% levies after agreeing to a 30-day pause on Monday, the blowback would be profound for Japan’s No. 3 carmaker, which is struggling to turn itself around and is in talks to merge with Honda.