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BETTING DAY By blocking a bridge between Canada and the United States, anti-sanitary measures protesters have touched a central nerve for the auto industry and forced the giants of the sector to temporarily suspend or slow down the chains of manufacturing in several factories. General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Toyota had either to tell workers […] The post The auto industry hit to the heart by the blockage of a bridge in Canada first appeared on The Bobr Times .

Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota and Stellantis all canceled shifts or reduced capacity at plants.

WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it is suspending production through Saturday at its plants in Ontario and Kentucky due to supply issues stemming from trucking protests.

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

The Ambassador Bridge blockades have pushed Toyota to suspend its automotive assembly lines in Ontario, with other carmarkers also adjusting operations.

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Watch Video The truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the auto industry, forcing Ford, General Motors and other car companies to shut down plants or otherwise reduce production on both sides of the U.S. border. SEE MORE: COVID-19 Protests Impact Border Trade Between Canada, U.S. The bumper-to-bumper demonstration by the self-proclaimed "Freedom Truck Convoy" entered its fourth day Thursday at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, disrupting the flow of auto parts and other products between the two countries. The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing, carrying 25% of all trade between the two countries, and the effects of the blockade there were felt rapidly. Ford said its Windsor, Ontario, engine plant reopened Thursday after being shut down on Wednesday because of a lack of parts. But the factory and the company’s assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, were operating at reduced capacity, the automaker said.

A trucker-led protest of coronavirus vaccine mandates that is blocking traffic at a key bridge linking the United States and Canada picked up urgency as it threatens to dampen business activity in both countries. The protesters, who are demanding an end to Canadas coronavirus restrictions, have blockaded the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan, in the U.S. and Windsor, Ontario, Canada, bringing central Ottawa to a halt. The blockade prevented traffic from entering Canada Wednesday, but U.S.-bound traffic continued. Trucks transport about 25% of all trade between the two countries across the bridge, much of which is linked to the automobile sector. Canadian authorities have said they are increasingly concerned about the economic effects of the protest, which is inspiring similar protests in France, Australia and New Zealand. Blockages, illegal demonstrations are unacceptable, and are negatively impacting businesses and manufacturers, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned as he addressed the House of Commons Wednesday.

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The lorry blockade by Canadians protesting the countrys Covid-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the motoring industry, forcing Ford, Toyota and General Motors (GM) to shut down factories or otherwise curtail production on both sides of the US-Canada border.

Three Toyota factories in Ontario have ground to a halt for a week as the Canadian truckers'' protests against COVID mandates continue, putting 8,000 workers in the plants on pause.

WINDSOR/OTTAWA/WASHINGTON: Ford and Toyota on Wednesday both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked U.S-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage. 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. Horn-blaring protests have being causing gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January and from Monday night, truckers shut inbound Canada traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, a supply route for Detroit''s carmakers and agricultural products. A number of carmakers have now been affected by the disruption near Detroit, the historic heart of the US automotive sector, but there were other factors too such as severe weather and a shortage of semi-conductor chips. Toyota, the top US seller, said it is not expected to produce vehicles at its Ontario sites for the rest of the week, output has been halted at a Ford engine plant and Chrysler-maker Stellantis has also been disrupted.

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday after solid gains on Wall Street as investor sentiment improves ahead of a key inflation reading later in the day. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.82 percent, or 226.24 points, to 27,806.11 at the open, while the broader Topix index added 0.56 percent, or 11.00 points, to 1,963.22. "Selling is likely to be dominant (in the Japanese market) after gains of US shares," Mizuho Securities said in a note. "But after completing a round of buying, a wait-and-see mood will spread ahead of the US inflation report and Japan''s three-day weekend," the investment bank predicted. Tokyo stocks close higher with eyes on earnings In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.9 percent. The S&P 500 gained 1.5 percent, while the tech-rich Nasdaq index jumped 2.1 percent. The dollar exchanged hands in Asian trade at 115.60 yen against 115.52 yen on Wednesday in New York. In Tokyo trading, tech shares were higher, with Tokyo Electron, which produces tools to build semiconductors, gaining 2.45 percent to 57,510 yen and chip-testing equipment maker Advantest jumping 3.96 percent to 9,710 yen.

A blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit has prompted more automakers to shutter factories in Ontario as Toyota Motor Co. reportedly joins Chrysler and Ford in announcing manufacturing disruptio