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Trucker blockade knocks out Ford, Toyota and General Motors plants

General Motors, joining the list of impacted automakers, said on Thursday it was forced to cancel two production shifts at a plant in Michigan

Protestors blocked the last entrance
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Protestors blocked the last entrance to the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit and Windsor | Photo: Reuters

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Ford and Toyota on Wednesday both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked US-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage. 
 
General Motors, joining the list of impacted automakers, said on Thursday it was forced to cancel two production shifts at a plant in Michigan.
 
Many pandemic-weary Western countries will soon mark two years of restrictions as copycat protests spread to Australia, New Zealand and France now the highly infectious Omicron variant begins to ease in some places. The bumper-to-bumper demonstration entered its fourth day on Thursday at the Ambassador
Topics : US-Canada

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