News / Automotive logistics south of the border braces for impact as Trump takes over

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Celebrations at the opening of the latest automotive logistics processing facility for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics this month may not have been too boisterous. The facility is at Audi’s new car assembly plant in San José Chiapa, Mexico, and is the logistics provider’s ninth branch in the country.

The auto industry has been on the receiving end of a salvo of tweets from US president-elect Trump, threatening punitive action for companies that produce cars in Mexico with a view to selling them in the US.

The tweets ...