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    Honda shoots down reports it’s moving some auto production to U.S. from Canada


    Honda shoots down reports it’s moving some auto production to U.S. from Canada

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    1. seakucumber on

      >Honda Canada says it’s keeping full production at its Alliston, Ont., plant “for the foreseeable future” in the wake of a Japanese report that it was considering shifting production to the U.S. to avoid auto tariffs.

      >“We can confirm that our Canadian manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ontario, will operate at full capacity for the foreseeable future and no changes are being considered at this time,” the company said Tuesday afternoon. “We constantly study options for future contingency planning and utilize short-term production shift strategies when required, to mitigate negative impacts on our business.”

    3. ferretf on

      Not only is Honda keeping production going in Canada but they’re also building two new plants (one battery plant and one EV). You can drive by and see the construction.

    4. sabres_guy on

      They’d be stupid to do anything more than announce something to appease Trump and not follow through until this tariff thing goes away.

      It’ll cost a metric shit ton of money and Trump will just move the goalposts on a whim.

    5. jaiman54 on

      If the report was false then they should be exposed. It’s very annoying that people are using this instability period to field news articles to garner clicks. And then they wonder why people are losing faith in the media…

      However, if the report was true then they should expose the details and call out the players.

    8. DVRavenTsuki on

      I don’t see why someone would want to move somewhere unstable. If this were to happen it would likely be to a different country entirely 

    10. applebag_dev on

      The more bullshit I keep seeing posted, the more I’m convinced there’s just a bunch of market manipulation going on and people are trying to use the News cycle to test the waters in this volatile market.

      I’d sooner trust a pitbull locked in a room with a crying baby than the noise coming from the market created during the disastrous Trump administration.

    12. fpPolar on

      They are not going to announce something unless they have something concrete lined up in the US first. It would invite political retribution in Canada and decrease subsidy negotiation leverage in the US

    13. Prudent_Slug on

      I’m still bitter they don’t offer the Honda Fit anymore. It’s just so practical to putter around the city.

    14. Key-Proud on

      The American Conservatives think it is true, that Trump’s tariff is working ….

    15. DeanersLastWeekend on

      Great news for the people of Alliston. Hopefully all those workers can breathe a sigh of relief (for now).

    17. TheJaice on

      It’s called “due diligence,” and it’s what companies do to make sure they are continuing to remain profitable and maximize shareholder value. Them creating a report on the potential costs/benefits of moving production is a part of operating a giant corporation, and it would be irresponsible of them not to evaluate this option. But it also doesn’t mean it’s something they are actually considering at any point in the short-term.

      I’m sure their report confirmed it will be cheaper to just wait for a certain orange cult leader to stop being relevant and then re-evaluate.

    19. GracefulShutdown on

      Honda is a smart manufacturer who realizes that not shutting that talk the fuck down is a recipe to getting boycotted.