with u.s. trade secretary robert light eyes are the executives from diana and b.m.w. a trying to persuade the u.s. not to follow through on a threat to slap tariffs on european made cars so what are their arguments oh first of all all three have big factories in the u.s. b.m.w. in spot bird south carolina a sadie's in tuscaloosa alabama and folks in chattanooga tennessee well together the plans employ forty nine thousand people including suppliers and service providers dealers sell around one point three million vehicles orders so can the meeting reduce tensions perhaps a little but trade talks are the responsibility of the european commission not comet it's the head of germany's evo institute's clemence first also says the german car makers the not the ones washington should be negotiating with and i asked him what's at stake for the car makers they are the car the tariffs on cars