WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Zero Emission Transportation Association’s Executive Director, Albert Gore, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement today:

“The EV and battery sector is working hard to ensure that the American auto industry continues to be an engine of economic growth for generations to come. From building new manufacturing capacity to securing supply chains for components and hardrock minerals needed for modern technologies, including electric vehicles and battery supplies, our industry is competing to win. We are taking the steps needed to ensure future global competitiveness led by a renewed domestic automotive industry, and supercharged by skyrocketing global EV and battery demand. 

Tariffs on our long-standing trade partners, many of whom have committed billions in direct investment into U.S. factories, introduces uncertainty and risk into an industry that is creating jobs and bringing new economic opportunities to communities across the country.

ZETA stands ready to work with the administration to deploy productive trade policies that will ensure the EV success story keeps working and growing for communities such as those in Phoenix, Savannah and Reno, among others, so we can all accomplish our shared goal of growing the U.S. manufacturing sector into a global powerhouse.”