
加拿大威胁起诉汽车制造商Stellantis,并追回数亿加元政府资助,原因是该公司在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的贸易战期间将计划中的车辆生产转移至美国,并同意出售其位于安大略省布兰普顿的闲置装配厂。
Canada threatened to sue automaker Stellantis and recover hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding after the company shifted planned vehicle production to the United States during U.S.
多伦多 —— 加拿大周四威胁起诉汽车制造商Stellantis,并追回数亿加元政府资助,原因是该公司在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的贸易战期间将计划中的车辆生产转移至美国,并同意出售其位于安大略省布兰普顿的闲置装配厂。
TORONTO — Canada threatened Thursday to sue automaker Stellantis and recover hundreds of millions of dollars in government funding after the company shifted planned vehicle production to the United States during President Donald Trump’s trade war and agreed to sell its idled assembly plant in Brampton, Ontario.
产业部长梅拉妮·乔利表示,渥太华已向Stellantis发出正式通知,指控其违反资助协议,给予该车企30天时间解决违约问题,否则将面临法律诉讼。
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Ottawa had issued Stellantis a formal notice alleging breaches of its funding agreement, giving the automaker 30 days to address the violations or face legal action.
“我们发出了违约通知,基本上他们有30天时间,否则我们当然会起诉他们,”乔利在多伦多对记者说。
“We sent a notice of default and, basically, they have 30 days or else. Of course, we’ll sue them,” Joly told reporters in Toronto.
特朗普的关税给加拿大汽车产业带来压力,该产业与美国制造业高度融合。特朗普多次推动车企将生产转移至边境以南。
Trump’s tariffs have put pressure on Canada’s auto industry, which is deeply integrated with U.S. manufacturing. Trump has repeatedly pushed automakers to move production south of the border.
全球第四大车企Stellantis放弃了在其布兰普顿工厂生产Jeep Compass(指南者)的计划,将生产转移至伊利诺伊州,导致2000多名加拿大工人失业。
Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest carmaker abandoned plans to build the Jeep Compass at its Brampton plant and shifted production to Illinois, leaving more than 2,000 Canadian workers without jobs.
加拿大于2022年承诺提供高达5.29亿加元(约3.8亿美元)资助,帮助Stellantis改造其布兰普顿和温莎工厂以生产电动汽车。“Stellantis欠下数亿加元,”乔利说。留给Stellantis发言人的信息未立即得到回复。
Canada committed up to 529 million Canadian dollars (US$380 million) in 2022 to help Stellantis retool its Brampton and Windsor plants for electric vehicle production. “Stellantis is on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars,” Joly said. A message left for a spokesperson for Stellantis was not immediately returned.
Stellantis周一宣布,已同意将布兰普顿工厂出售给加拿大装甲车制造商Roshel。该公司提出偿还为布兰普顿项目收到的政府资助,但拒绝透露金额。
Stellantis announced Monday it had agreed to sell the Brampton plant to Canadian armored vehicle manufacturer Roshel. The company offered to repay government funding received for the Brampton project but declined to disclose the amount.
总理马克·卡尼指责Stellantis背叛加拿大工人,表示该出售交易无法履行其义务。
Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Stellantis of betraying Canadian workers, saying the sale would not fulfill its obligations.
乔利表示,联邦政府和安大略省官员计划与斯特兰蒂斯全球首席执行官会面。
Joly said federal and Ontario officials plan to meet with Stellantis’ global chief executive.
加拿大联合工会主席拉娜·佩恩表示,周四举行的涉及斯特兰蒂斯、工会及两级政府的会议未能达成解决方案。
Unifor President Lana Payne said a meeting Thursday involving Stellantis, the union and both governments failed to produce a resolution.
“阻止这一切的时机是上周、前周、再前周,”佩恩说。“现在我们面临的是另一种局面。我们无法阻止出售。出售已经发生,所以我们必须扭转它,这显然难上加难。” 汽车是加拿大第二大出口产品,卡尼指出,该行业直接雇佣了12.5万加拿大人,相关行业还雇佣了近50万人。
“The time to stop that was last week, the week before and the week before that,” Payne said. “Now we’re going to a different situation. We can’t stop the sale. The sale has occurred, so we would have to reverse it, which is doubly difficult, obviously.”Autos are Canada’s second-largest export and Carney has noted the sector employs 125,000 Canadians directly and almost another 500,000 in related industries.