COLOMBIA: GM offers US$200m spend if protection continues

Author: Juan Vargas | 7 September 2010

Sao Paulo based Jaime Ardila, head of GM's South American division has offered Colombia an investment of US$200m in its local production unit, and to develop the local supply chain, in return for continued protectionism of the CKD assembly industry.

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