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The VW works council has announced that the carmaker plans to shut at least three factories in Germany and lay off thousands of workers. The

Europe’s largest carmaker is at war with workers and politicians as it tries to navigate a painful EV transition and stay successful.

Major providers have stopped lending or paused commissions as they race to assess implications

Even the strongest international carmakers are suffering from intense competition in the Chinese market

China, Germany and other exporters fear higher tariffs and volatile period of tit-for-tat trade measures

Former president has outlined plans to revive trade war with Beijing and questioned backing for Taiwan Kana Inagaki, Thomas Hale, Harry Dempsey, A.

Carmaker to slash global production capacity by a fifth in emergency turnaround plan

Executives in cars, aerospace and steel sectors are bracing for upheaval in supply chains

Hedge fund Effissimo Capital is known for high-profile campaigns against big Japanese companies

The threat of tariffs and subsidy shake-up comes as German carmaker faces weak American sales of its all-electric SUV