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HONGQING, China — At first blush, the GS8 seems like a crossover made for Americans.

The hulking China-built seven-seat-er is luxurious and modern.

What’s more, the styling isn’t cluttered with the overwrought baubles that blight many Chi-nese designs. The GS8 looks at once handsome and rugged, even to American eyes.

Its manufacturer, GAC Motor, hopes so. GAC seeks to be the first homegrown automaker to export light vehicles to the U.S., starting as early as late next year. The GS8 is positioned as its leadoff product, and GAC has begun re-cruiting stateside dealers.

“When GAC was established, international-

ization was one of our goals,” Li Shao, deputy general manager of parent company Guang-zhou Automobile Group Co., said at an industry event here this year. “Chinese brands going global will be a common trend in the future.”

Just as Japanese automakers, and then Kore-ans, tapped into America with wild success, a

china’s carmakers face threats at home, abroad

Seven-seat GS8 crossover: Modern, luxurious — and made in China

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Policy changes, trade war could reshape the industryHans [email protected]

csee CHINA, Page 22

PARISAUtO SHOW

Peugeot E-Legend concept

Joie de vroom vroomYes, several automakers skipped the Paris show last week, but the City of Light still was radiant with vehicle debuts. Important ones, too, from Mercedes, BMW, Infiniti, the French makers, of course, and even two intriguing arrivals from Vietnam. I PAGES 6, 8, 34, 36, 50 I

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n Tariff battle may delay GAC’s entry in U.S. I PAGE 36 I

PORSCHE AT 70Seventy years after the Porsche 356 debuted on the streets of Innsbruck, Austria, a look back at the company’s fabled cars and epic history … and an unsung hero I PAGES 30-33 I

Paris previews a new era for auto shows

ARIS — At just after 3:30 p.m. on an otherwise lethargic second press

day in the 2018 version of the biennial Paris auto show, there was a moment of sheer consternation and much

conversation.Suddenly,

the pathways in the overly quiet Hall 1 were impassable. The crowds swelled as a mob moved from one product to the other, just like the good old

days of 2012. No matter where you turned,

no one could move ... because the organizers had locked the doors so you couldn’t leave. (Yes, every door.)

That’s what happens when French President Emmanuel

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see STEIN, Page 55

n Canadians sore as metal tariffs linger I PAGE 39 I

n Mexico sorts through USMCA’s mixed bag. I PAGE 41 I

can trump get USMcA through congress?NAFTA replacement faces political testeric [email protected]

WASHINGTON — Negotiating a NAFTA rewrite was tough enough for the White House. Now comes an-other heavy lift: getting the pact through a conflicted Congress.

President Donald Trump hailed news of a trade deal with Canada and Mexico as a major victory for U.S. factory workers and farmers — a campaign promise made and kept, he said, to rebalance economic ben-efits in America’s favor.

But lawmakers, industry and interest groups are withholding full-throated support for the deal until some details become clearer, such as how the new regional content and minimum-wage requirements for autos would be ap-plied and enforced.

see USMCA, Page 54

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