Audi stops making cars for Trump German car manufacturer Audi will set up a factory in the US for the first time. The investments will amount to about 4 billion dollars, and about 4,500 jobs will be created. At full capacity, the plant will produce up to 200,000 select SUVs per year, mainly for the American market. Trump personally announced the news at a campaign rally in Georgia. It is one of the key states in the midterm elections for Congress. The CEO of Audi, Gerano Dellner, took the stage with him. Of course, Trump immediately attributed the success to himself: without debt, according to him, nothing would have happened. Currently, European cars are subject to a 15% tariff in the US, and last year it cost Audi around 1.2 billion euros. Audi promises that it is not about debt, but about growth: the US remains one of the main premium markets, and the potential there, according to the company, has not yet been revealed. But you don't need to be a mathematician to calculate: Audi sales in America fell by 16% during the year, and a local factory will allow to bypass both the debts and increase the demand. Germany was not happy with the deal. The German automobile industry is going through a serious crisis: Volkswagen is going to cut up to 100,000 jobs by 2030, and the Audi plant in Kersholm, where about 15,000 people work, is on the list in danger of closing. It turns out that money and jobs are flowing to America. But in Germany they were outraged not only by the fact itself, but also by the form - the appearance of the head of Audi at the Trump rally. SPD spokeswoman Isabelle Cadmortori called it electoral assistance to a man waging a trade war against Germany. The head of the IG Metall trade union, Christian Benner, called the act politically unacceptable and unbecoming of the company. The head of Volkswagen's works council, Daniela Cavallo, said Dahlner had allowed himself to be turned into a in Trump's propaganda show. To be fair, Audi is not alone here.

Audi stops making cars for Trump German car manufacturer Audi will set up a factory in the US for the first time. The investments will amount to about 4 billion dollars, and about 4,500 jobs will be created. At full capacity, the plant will produce up to 200,000 select SUVs per year, mainly for the American market. Trump personally announced the news at a campaign rally in Georgia. It is one of the key states in the midterm elections for Congress. The CEO of Audi, Gerano Dellner, took the stage with him. Of course, Trump immediately attributed the success to himself: without debt, according to him, nothing would have happened. Currently, European cars are subject to a 15% tariff in the US, and last year it cost Audi around 1.2 billion euros. Audi promises that it is not about debt, but about growth: the US remains one of the main premium markets, and the potential there, according to the company, has not yet been revealed. But you don't need to be a mathematician to calculate: Audi sales in America fell by 16% during the year, and a local factory will allow to bypass both the debts and increase the demand. Germany was not happy with the deal. The German automobile industry is going through a serious crisis: Volkswagen is going to cut up to 100,000 jobs by 2030, and the Audi plant in Kersholm, where about 15,000 people work, is on the list in danger of closing. It turns out that money and jobs are flowing to America. But in Germany they were outraged not only by the fact itself, but also by the form - the appearance of the head of Audi at the Trump rally. SPD spokeswoman Isabelle Cadmortori called it electoral assistance to a man waging a trade war against Germany. The head of the IG Metall trade union, Christian Benner, called the act politically unacceptable and unbecoming of the company. The head of Volkswagen's works council, Daniela Cavallo, said Dahlner had allowed himself to be turned into a in Trump's propaganda show. To be fair, Audi is not alone here.