President Trump called on Japan to build more cars in the U.S. during his stop in the country as part of his first official tour of Asia as president.
“Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over,” Trump said at an event with Japanese business executives, according to a pool report.
“That’s not rude?” he added.
Three out of every four Japanese brand cars sold in North America were manufactured on the continent, according to Columbus Business First.
And Mazda and Toyota announced in August that they were investing $1.6 billion to start a new manufacturing plant in the U.S. that will create about 4,000 new jobs.
Trump added that “Japan has been winning” when it comes to trade deals with the U.S.
“I have to say that for the last many decades, Japan has been winning. And you do know that,” Trump said.
Trump has long called for the U.S. to have better trade deal with other countries including Japan. He told reporters one day earlier that he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would be having “major discussions” on trade during the trip.
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Trump to Japan: "Try building your cars in the United States instead of shipping them over" https://t.co/vWf9aS5BE0 pic.twitter.com/SYRVP9V5xf
— The Hill (@thehill) November 6, 2017
Most American-made Vehicles pic.twitter.com/xvhAmQJLSQ
— 🍁 At_Liberty 🍃🍂 (@tahoebearrr) November 6, 2017
3 of every 4 🇯🇵 cars sold in 🇺🇸 are made here
Toyota, Nissan, Honda make more cars here than Big 3
🇯🇵 cos made 3.9M cars here, employing 88k https://t.co/LpvSYkshaN— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) November 6, 2017
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