WEEKEND-ESSAY

Podcast: Howes on impeachment, autos agenda

Daniel Howes
The Detroit News

Detroit News Columnist Daniel Howes and Michigan Radio are partners in weekly essays examining what's hot in Michigan business and politics – and what it all means. This week, Howes says the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump will freeze Detroit’s automotive agenda in Washington. From trade deals with China, Canada and Mexico to fights over emissions policy, the nation’s capital is likely to be fixated on the political process – and the first casualty, just months from the arrival of an election year, will be policy-making.