Transportation

Canada Eyes Joint Venture to Build Chinese EVs for Global Export

Canada's Industry Minister Melanie Joly, right, listens as Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a Martinrea auto parts manufacturing facility in Woodbridge, Ontario on Feb. 5.

Photographer: Laura Proctor/Bloomberg

Canada’s government is working to land a Chinese-Canadian auto plant that will export electric vehicles globally, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said.

She said Canadian auto parts firms such as Magna International Inc., Linamar Corp. and Martinrea International Inc. already have operations in China, and could participate in a joint-venture assembly plant in Canada.