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

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…
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