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Auto Production Tumbles in Canada Before Trump’s Return as Detroit Pulls Back
- Ford, Chrysler, GM plants are idled or running below capacity
- Mexican plants are now No. 2 suppliers of cars sold in Canada
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Canadian automobile plants are set to produce about 1.3 million vehicles this year, the lowest level in decades outside the Covid pandemic, as US companies idle factories in the country amid slowing demand, according to a manufacturing think-tank.
As recently as 2018, Canadian factories built more than 2 million cars and light trucks. But output has fallen to the point that Mexico is the second-largest supplier of vehicles sold in Canada, the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing said in a report, while Canadian plants have dropped to third.