DETROIT—General Motors will sell a vehicle made in China in the United States next year, becoming the first major U.S. automaker to do so. The move was quickly denounced by the UAW, which branded it “a slap in the face” and called for an immediate rethink.
On Oct. 5, the United States and 11 other countries finalized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement after seven years of negotiations.
DETROIT—Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Ford Motor Co.’s plans to invest $2.5 billion in Mexican assembly plants and vowed to tax any vehicles made there.
SAN ANTONIO—Noting that 10 percent of the vehicles produced at Toyota’s assembly plant here are exported, Chris Nielsen, a senior vice president for the automaker, urged Texas lawmakers to support Trade Promotion Authority for the president of the United States.
If a federal agency helped reduce the trade deficit, increase U.S. manufacturing jobs, and returned a profit to the Treasury, you might think that was a good thing. Unfortunately, it’s not the case in topsy-turvy Washington.
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WASHINGTON—The North American Free Trade Agreement has proven to be a resounding success for U.S. manufacturing, according to a new report from the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.