A spokesman said on Friday that the Volvo Group plans to reject up to 800 workers in three facilities in the United States during the next three months due to uncertainty in the market and concerns about the demands imposed by US President Donald Trump.
The Volvo Group of North America said in a statement that he had informed the employees that he was planning to launch 550 to 800 people in the Macungs Macungs, Pennsylvania, and two Volvo Group facilities in Dublin, Virginia, Hajrestown, Maryland.
The company, part of AB Volvo Da Sweden, is employing about 20,000 people in North America, according to its website.
Trump has overthrown the World Trade System, which was valid for more than 75 years through a product tariff plan from all over the world. Its commercial policy undermined consumer confidence and companies and made economists increase their predictions of the American stagnation.
Follow’s layoffs are the latest response from the auto and truck sector that suffer from the Republican president rates on certain parts, which must increase the cost of manufacturing vehicles.
A spokesman for Volvo in North America said in a statement sent by e -mail.
“We regret taking this measure, but we need to align production by reducing the demand for our cars.”