Daniel Howes

The news from Beijing this week is that China's President Xi Jinping is "open" to reducing the 25 percent tariffs on foreign-made cars, trucks, and SUVs.…

Now we know why Michigan State’s interim president, John Engler, tapped an ol’ Republican hand to head government relations at the school. He understands…

The SAE World Congress is happening this week at Cobo Center in Detroit. Engineers and technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial…

President Donald Trump’s relationship with Detroit’s auto industry is complicated. Look at the past week.On Monday, Trump’s Environmental Protection…

One month ago, President Trump tweeted, "Trade wars are good, and easy to win." As the US and China get closer to a trade war, we may soon find out if…

The Detroit auto show isn’t dead.It just feels that way.The latest casualties are the princes of the German auto industry. First Mercedes-Benz won’t be…

Daniel Howes, Detroit News business columnist, joined Stateside today to talk about what he's calling the "Great Auto Disconnect."That is to say: the…

So Bill Ford wants the Blue Oval to buy the decrepit Michigan Central Depot. You know that toothless edifice, empty and decaying since 1988, towering over…

The Blue Oval has seen the future, and it looks a whole lot like its past.Ford Motor claims a rich heritage building the nation’s best-selling pickup and…

Doesn’t matter to Donald Trump what his fellow Republicans say.Or what Wall Street and America’s closest allies say.The president wants tariffs on…