Stelantis Idles plants in Mexico and Canada due to the customs tariff

Detroit – Stelantis Production stops at two collection factories in Canada and Mexico, where the company is trying to move in the president Donald TrumpA new round of 25 % car tariffThe company confirmed Thursday.

The procedures are the most severe and more severe by the auto industry in relation to the new DefinitionsWhich came into effect on Thursday and imposed on all imported vehicles to the United States, including Canada and Mexico.

The stopping starts on Monday and is appointed for two weeks at the Windsor Assembly factory in the automotive company in Ontario, Canada, and the entire month of April at the tuluka assembly factory in Mexico.

As a result of stopping in production, about 900 employees who have been represented in the United States in temporary factories will temporarily be lay off in addition to about 4,500 watch workers in the Canadian factory, according to a spokeswoman for the company. The spokeswoman said that the workers in the factory in Mexico will continue to submit reports to the facility, but they do not produce cars because of the terms of the contract.

In an email to the employees on Thursday, North American President Antonio Veusa said that the time for the factory disruption is linked to tariffs, as the company reviews its options.

“We continue to evaluate the medium and long -term effects of these definitions on our operations, but we also decided to take some immediate actions, including temporary production temporarily in some Canadian and Mexican assembly factories,” said Velosa. “These measures will affect some employees in many American power and sealing facilities that support these operations.”

The Canadian factory produces the small Chrysler Passevica and Dodge Charger Dynona Eve. The Mexico Factory produces a Jeep with the SUV and the Vagonier Jeep.

“The current environment creates uncertainty” but assured the employees that the company, which continues to search for the new CEO, is “very involved with all our main stakeholders, including senior government leaders, unions, suppliers and merchants in the United States, Canada and Mexico.”