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U.S.-Canada bridge closure cost auto industry millions of dollars. Who pays?
DETROIT — The shutdown of the Ambassador Bridge last week forced by protests in Canada has cost the automotive industry millions of dollars and left many wondering who pays for the latest supply chain crisis. Direct industry losses amount to $300 million, including a $155 million hit to automakers and […]
USMCA auto provisions to be reviewed by U.S. trade office
WASHINGTON — The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will conduct a review of the automotive provisions, including vehicle content rules, under North America’s trade deal, according to a document set to post Thursday in the Federal Register. As part of the process, the office must submit a report to […]
Auto plants start halting production following border protests
The anti-vaccination trucker protest that has paralyzed the Canadian capital, Ottawa, has spread to Michigan’s border and threatens to create chaos in an auto industry already struggling to cope with what industry experts have described as a “fragile supply chain.” Demonstrators have been setting up blockades at the two bridges […]
Federal right to repair bill shifts spotlight back to auto industry, vehicle data
Rush’s bill adds fuel to an already heated issue that has pitted automakers against independent repair shops and aftermarket parts retailers, despite a memorandum of understanding signed by those key stakeholders in 2014. That agreement, which came about after Massachusetts passed its own automotive right-to-repair law in 2013, gave shops […]
January 2022 U.S. auto sales: Market slides 9%; Ford flat; Hyundai sales rebound; Toyota, Kia slips again as chip shortage weighs on output
U.S. new-vehicle sales slid 9 percent to just over 1 million last month, LMC Automotive said as the microchip shortage and other supply-chain disruptions continue to upend industry stockpiles. It was the weakest January since 2014, LMC said, but the smallest percentage decline since the market turned negative in the […]
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