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Tariffs hit home: Atlanta-area auto parts workers fear job losses
BOA is not the only company in Georgia’s booming $2.9 billion auto industry sweating the impact of the Trump administration’s escalating trade battles.
![08/02/2018 -- Cumming, Georgia -- Alejandra Ferrel[cq] welds metal tubing at the American BOA Inc. manufacturing plant in Cumming, Thursday, August 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)](https://images.ajc.com/resizer/v2/K63GB63CILHMT6RNM4S4YMM5RQ.jpg?auth=d73508bb1d849d8be87e6af844b21a17faccac5bea65964992b695f11d8a5a90&width=3840&height=2560&smart=true)
![08/02/2018 -- Cumming, Georgia -- Tube Mill operator Steve Blakely[cq] inspects metal tubes before stacking them at the American BOA Inc. manufacturing plant in Cumming, Thursday, August 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)](https://images.ajc.com/resizer/v2/4XD37N7FAAIUTGMYATQLE5TAM4.jpg?auth=54609fddc624a080101d314a13b6c8418e2723086dbfc87f7ca6f8da6b45af24&width=3840&height=2560&smart=true)
![08/02/2018 -- Cumming, Georgia -- Level three quality technician LaMar McDougal[cq] measures the width of the convolution of a metal hose at the American BOA Inc. manufacturing plant in Cumming, Thursday, August 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)](https://images.ajc.com/resizer/v2/UL6ADXVA2DWMXOTCPHVBVV3B24.jpg?auth=5828e15587ce711e91bc984b23607d2acaba8ed7febecbf6b39e4d4ce020a171&width=3840&height=2560&smart=true)
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08/02/2018 -- Cumming, Georgia -- Workers inspect the metal tubing created at the American BOA Inc. manufacturing plant in Cumming, Thursday, August 2, 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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