Tracking GM's manufacturing move to Mexico

Mexico in 2018 accounted for more than a quarter of General Motors' estimated North American production for the first time, a proportion that will rise further if the company follows through with plans to end production at five plants in the U.S. and Canada this year. (Automotive News illustration)

By:

Dana Flavelle

By:

Toronto Correspondent

February 11, 2019 05:01 AM

Wages in Mexico are regularly blamed for the blood on the factory floor of the Canadian auto industry, but General Motors’ growing footprint there is part of a broader trend that has turned Mexico into an auto-industry powerhouse, say analysts.

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