Trump`s China tech war backfires on automakers as chips run short
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Read full article Ben Klayman and Stephen Nellis15 January 2021, 6:53 am·4-min read A worker checks a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford`s Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago By Ben Klayman and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Automakers around the world are shutting assembly lines because of a global shortage of semiconductors that in some cases has been exacerbated by the Trump administration's actions against key Chinese chip factories, industry officials said. The shortage, which caught much of the industry off-guard and could continue for many months, is now causing Ford Motor Co, Subaru Corp and Toyota Motor Corp to curtail production in the United States. Automakers affected in other...