Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home

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    "excerpt": "VW investment creates 4,500 jobs in Georgia comes amid Trump’s damaging tariffs, intense Chinese competition and costly shift towards EVs Audi has said it will spend $4bn (£3bn) to build its first factory in the US, as its parent company Volkswagen struggles with the impact of steep tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. The German brand’s chief executive, Gernot Döllner, joined Trump on stage at a campaign rally on Saturday night to announce the factory in Macon, Georgia , in an unusual move by a big European brand just days before the US midterm elections. The Republican party under Trump is trying to retain control of both houses of Congress, but it is polling poorly as it struggles with higher fuel prices caused by Trump’s war on Iran , as well as his trade war against some of the US’s biggest trading partners. Trump has long tried to convince voters that his tariffs are helping to increase the number of manufacturing jobs in the US, and has seized on any new factory investments. However, US vehicle and parts employment has fallen since Trump took office last year. Audi, Volkswagen’s most important premium brand, has suffered from Trump’s 15% tariffs on imports from the EU as well as the president’s efforts to cut sales of battery electric vehicles in favour of petrol cars. It said it aims to build 200,000 SUVs at the new US factory, creating 4,500 jobs. The factory will build...",
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