After Trump threat of hefy fees on Corolla, Toyota invests $1.33 billion in US plant
Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp said it is spending $1.33 billion in its Kentucky plant as part of a plan to invest $10 billion in the US over the next five years.
The investment in the plant, Toyota's largest, comes amid uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's trade policies that could affect certain Japanese firms' capital expenditure plans.
Trump criticised the automaker earlier this year and said he would impose a hefty fee if it built its Corolla cars for the US market at a plant in Mexico.
Toyota joins a host of automakers including Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
"Toyota's decision to invest $1.3 billion in their Kentucky plant is further evidence that manufacturers are now confident that the economic climate has greatly improved under my administration", Trump said in the statement issued by Toyota.
The Kentucky plant employs about 8,200 workers and Toyota recently booted the count by more than 700 ahead of the launch of the new version of Camry.
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