Executives with major automakers are headed to the White House to meet with President Trump at 11:45am ET.
Why it matters: Automakers are in a delicate spot, as we noted earlier this week. They've complained that Obama-era mileage mandates for model years 2022–2025 are unrealistically tough.
Yes, but now they're also worried that the Trump administration's rewrite is heading too far in the other direction — one option is simply freezing 2020 standards in place — and could provoke a messy showdown with California and states that follow its lead.
The strategy: Robbie Diamond, executive director of Securing America’s Future Energy, is familiar with the industry's approach to the meeting.
Full list of attendees:
Go deeper: Via NYT, the massive companies with global supply operations are also spooked by Trump's hawkish trade posture. The WSJ sets the table for the meeting here.
