Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- Sworn in on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump is here again and already making waves as America's 47th President.

As a controversial president, his campaign promises and initial policy decisions have started sending shockwaves throughout many sectors with the automotive industry being included. And this has made many analysts and experts to predict its impacts on the global automotive industry.

As my memory would serve me, during his campaign period, he vowed to renegotiate or withdraw from existing trade agreements, for instance the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). He has also proposed imposing tariffs on imported goods, which could raise production costs for European...