• China is taking initial steps to lowers its tariffs on U.S.-made cars back down from 40% to 15%, sources tell Bloomberg. The 15% mark is back to where it stood last May.
• President Trump has hinted once again on "very productive" conversations with China, although Bloomberg reports that the China Cabinet is still reviewing the auto import proposal.
• Automakers are getting a bump off the development. BMW (OTCPK:BMWYY) and Daimler (OTCPKDAIF) are both up 2.1% in Frankfurt, while Ford (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both 2.6% higher in U.S. premarket trading and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is 1.9% higher.
• Related ETF: CARZ.