On Thursday morning, the United States Court of International Trade in New York City blocked President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff package, putting a temporary end to the mechanisms of the ongoing trade war that has rattled the automotive industry across the globe.

Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa plant opened in 1997 and has built roughly four million vehicles since then. It currently builds the GLE, GLS, EQE SUV, and EQS SUV, and it will add the GLC in the near future. It employs roughly 6,000 people and built around 260,000 vehicles last year.

BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen have signalled plans for U.S. expansion since Trump began making tariff threats