North America in turn enters the Covid-19 crisis
- The manufacturers located in the NAFTA region (Canada, Mexico, USA) have all announced, one after the other, from March 23, 2020, the temporary closure of their assembly plants, for an indefinite period, but which could be prolonged during at least four weeks. We know that the coronavirus crisis started in China (December-January), then spread to Europe (February-March) and finally to North America (March-April), hence the gap between the decisions of Chinese, European and American manufacturers.
- The first to make this decision are the Big Three (GM, Ford and Fiat-Chrysler), a few days ahead of Asian manufacturers (Japanese and Korean) and German manufacturers (Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW).
- Some experts predict a drop in the American market of about 15% in 2020, due to the health crisis, which is a significant drop, but which remains lower than that recorded on this market in 2009 compared to 2008 (-21%) and even in 2008 compared to 2007 (-18%). In two years, the American market had fallen by almost 40%.
- President Donald Trump urged the first American manufacturer, the GM group, to manufacture large numbers of respirators, health tools that help people suffering from coronavirus to overcome this disease which seriously affects their respiratory system. But the assembly of such tools by the GM group is difficult to put in place. Rather, assistance should be given to companies specializing in this type of sanitary equipment.
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