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French firm Lacroix cites lost contracts, 'geopolitical tensions,' for closing Juárez, Mexico factories with 1,100 workers; El Paso warehouse closing.
Auto experts aren't worried about big auto parts suppliers surviving tariffs, but small ones in Michigan may not make it. Why ...
Trump has been focused on Michigan's auto industry when he visits the battleground ... at the historic Ford Rouge Center. As for the closures that happened during Trump's term, FCA announced ...
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at softening the blow his tariffs have imposed on the automotive industry and ... before he left for a trip to Michigan today, he explained why ...
By the 1980s there were massive layoffs and plant closures ... for the automobile industry. Alan Deardorff, professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan ...
By the 1980s there were massive layoffs and plant closures ... for the automobile industry. Alan Deardorff, professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan ...
United Auto Workers union President Shawn Fain, who has been critical of President Trump in the past, says the 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars is a step to "end the free trade disaster.
Michigan’s economy is preparing for another shakeup, as tariffs authorized by President Donald Trump's administration against Canada, Mexico and China go into effect Tuesday. The administration ...
Ford CEO Jim Farley notably warned this week, as reported by the Free Press, that 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico would “blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we’ve never seen.” ...
"Right now, the future of the entire auto industry is at stake. The very core of Michigan's economy is on the line," she said, referencing threats from global competition like China. In her first ...
Recent layoffs across Michigan's automotive industry contributed to the ... jobs in government have increased by 19,000, construction jobs have risen by 15,000 and leisure and hospitality has ...