David Fickling, Columnist

Trump's Lesson for Toyota

Japan, not the U.S., can fund the carmaker's ambitions.

November 7, 2017 at 8:24 AM UTC

David Fickling is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering climate change and energy. Previously, he worked for Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

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U.S. President Donald Trump may have stumbled onto a useful home truth in his criticism of Japan's car industry.

"Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over. Is that possible to ask? That's not rude. Is that rude? I don't think so," he told local car executives during this week's visit to the country.