Economics
Biggest Factory Closing Since World War II Hits U.S., Europe
- Virus closes auto plants temporarily on both sides of Atlantic
- Impact shifting from services to industrial heartlands
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The economic impact of the growing coronavirus outbreak is shifting from service-driven industries like hotels and restaurants to the manufacturing sector on both sides of the Atlantic, leading to a synchronized shutdown of heavy industry that historians and industry experts say is unlike any seen since the 1940s.