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President-elect Donald Trump tweeted his displeasure at carmaker Toyota on Thursday, threatening to impose taxes on the Japanese company if they produce their Corolla model in Mexico.
‘ Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U. S. NO WAY! ” tweeted the president-elect. “Build plant in U. S. or pay big border tax. ”
The $1 billion plant was announced in April 2015 to expand production of its Corolla line and is expected to open in 2019.
The company also produces the model at plants in Mississippi and Ontario, Canada. According to the annoucement in 2015 , the Corolla production in Mexico would replace its building in Canada, not the US.
