Supply Chain Research

Toyota has announced plans to spend $13 billion over the next five years to expand its vehicle and parts manufacturing in the U.S. That’s likely to be a response both to the passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement as well as preempting long term risks from the ongoing section 232 review of the automotive industry. The firm has already cut back its imports from outside North America, shown by a slide of 19.6% year over year in the three months to Feb. 28. That is possibly in response to lower vehicle sales. At the same time Toyota has scaled up its imports from Mexico to the U.S. by 1...