<p>General Motors will cut back on production at a truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario, eliminating a shift this fall due to President Donald Trump&#8217;s auto import tariff.</p>
<p>GM said that an &#8220;evolving trade environment&#8221; and lower demand led to the decision to end the shift at the plant, which produces Chevrolet Silverados, The Detroit News <a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2025/05/02/gm-cuts-shift-oshawa-plant-canada-tariffs/83407596007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday. The move will result in around 750 employees getting laid off, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-general-motors-plant-cutting-jobs-union-says-1.7524665" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the union representing affected workers.</p>
<p>&#8220;These changes will help support a sustainable manufacturing footprint as GM reorients the Oshawa plant to build more trucks in Canada for Canadian customers,&#8221; the Detroit-based automaker said in a statement.</p>
<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford <a href="https://x.com/fordnation/status/1918274284260122701" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the news from GM is &#8220;extremely tough for the workers in Oshawa and their families.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;These are hardworking people who have helped build Ontario’s auto industry,&#8221; Ford added. He then blamed Trump&#8217;s tariffs for causing &#8220;economic uncertainty and chaos.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Oshawa plant stopped producing new cars in 2019, but GM revitalized it just two years later and began making new trucks there.</p>
<p>&#8220;GM Oshawa was reopened thanks to the hard work of our members and significant investments by the federal and provincial governments based on a promise to maintain good jobs and production. We will not sit idly by as that promise is eroded one shift at a time,&#8221; said Chris Waugh, the chairman of Unifor, the Canadian general trade union.</p>
<p>Trump&#8217;s 25% tariff on auto imports has sent car manufacturers scrambling to move production to the United States or cut back on production costs. Last month, GM <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gm-to-increase-truck-production-in-u-s-as-trumps-auto-tariff-goes-into-effect?row=0&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;title=GM+To+Increase+Truck+Production+In+U.S.+As+Trump%E2%80%99s+Auto+Tariff+Goes+Into+Effect&amp;category=News" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> to its staff that it would ramp up production of light-duty trucks at its assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The increased production at the Fort Wayne plant promises to add more temporary jobs and increase overtime opportunities for employees.</p>
<p>Foreign car makers are also looking to boost manufacturing and investments in the United States. German automaker Mercedes-Benz announced on Thursday that it will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mercedes-says-it-will-make-another-car-in-the-u-s-after-trump-tariffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">build</a> another car in the United States, adding a “core vehicle segment” to its factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-01/mercedes-will-move-output-of-key-model-to-us-to-counter-tariffs?srnd=homepage-americas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Trump has credited tariffs for bringing more manufacturing jobs back to the United States. After South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai announced a $21 billion investment in the United States over the next four years, Trump said that &#8220;tariffs very strongly work.&#8221;</p>

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