Hyundai announces new US$21 billion investment in US manufacturing
South Korean car giant Hyundai on Monday announced a multibillion-dollar investment in the United States, including a new US$5.8 billion steel plant.
The factory, which will be based in the US state of Louisiana, “will create 1,300 American jobs”, Hyundai executive chairman Euisun Chung told reporters at a White House event alongside US President Donald Trump.
The move will also serve “as the foundation for a more self-reliant and secure automotive supply chain in the US”, he added.
Hyundai’s announcement makes it the latest firm to announce plans to invest billions of dollars into the United States since Trump’s return to power in January.
The US president has repeatedly threatened to impose painful tariffs on companies that do not relocate manufacturing jobs to the United States from overseas.
In response, domestic and foreign firms, including Apple and Oracle, have announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into US projects over the next four years.