https://phys.org/news/2018-10-daimler-profit-diesel-woes.html > The group booked an EBIT of 14.3 billion euros ($16.4 billion) in 2017, and had originally expected to see results "slightly above" that this year. > But Daimler was already forced to trim its outlook for a first time four months ago, blaming new tariffs imposed on cars exported from the United States to China as part of President Donald Trump's festering trade spat with Beijing.